FONG WAN - Library

names of herbs used, as all our herbs are catalogued under Chinese
names. If you will look at the picture of our herb room in the front of
the book, you will realize that we carry a complete stock of herbs. It
is in this room that the herbalist oversees the preparation of all herbs'
to be sent out. Herbs are compounded to meet individual needs, and
about 20 varieties go into each package, depending of course on the
ailment.
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Yours truly,
FONGWAN - - -."
Third set of letters (same stationery as before).
November 9, 1929.
"Gentlemen: I have received your letters of Sept. 19 and Oct. 12,
1929, and also copy of Herb Lore. The testimonials about stomach
trouble lead me to conclude that you can cure all kinds. Like I wrote
you I am bothered about an hour or so after I eat food, when I have
great pains in my stomach. The doctor says
ach and that the ulcer is where the stomach empties into the intes-
I have ulcer of the stom-
tines and that the food cannot get out of the stomach because of the
ulcer, because the ulcer has healed some and had formed scar tissue
around the opening and that the pain is caused from the fact that the
food cannot get out of the stomach into the intestines. He says there
may be other ulcers down there.
I am enclosing $10 for you to send your treatment, if it will cure
this condition. Of course, if it won't cure me, please return the money.
"Dear Mr. Miles : We
Yours,
C. A. MILES."
November 13, 1929.
are in receipt of your letter of the 9th, and
also your money order1 for $10.00. As stated before, herbs can be com^
pounded to meet your particular needs, but we would like to have you
understand that a week's supply of herbs will not be sufficient to relieve
your ailment. Some individuals respond quicker than others, different
individuals vary in the length of time that they have to take the herbs.
It may take several weeks, and it may take two or three months, de-
pending on the rapidity with which your system responds to the herbs.
We regret this delay, but since you are so far away, we want to be
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