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Comment by mistrial9

you mean mercury like Western dental fillings until a few years ago?

the assassination of President McKinley only succeeded after weeks of lingering infection because "the best surgeons in the country" kept putting their fingers into the bullet wound

My point here is not the technical content of the Chinese practices, but rather the arrogance and military-style dismissal of alien techniques and knowledge.

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