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At 10 A.M. I visited the Tengu
which had reached port yesterday.
I found my trunks from Shanghai
on board O.K. My roommate
is now a Standard Oil youth
from Chungking, Upper Yangtze
Mr. Cruths invited me to lunch
& in the evening he took dinner
with Walters + I at the hotel.
He also told us of the boiling
which the Japs endure in their bath
which raises their body temperature
to 105° + kills by heat all such
germs as gonorrhea + other some
sorts of fevers. They habitually take
boiling hot baths & can stand water
much hotter than we can. He also
told us that the way to cure Malaria
was by doses of quinine
every two hours until 60 grams
were taken. I always drink the
tablets down with hot water
or the effect will not be beneficial.
He is from Santa Barbara, Cal., in which
place he went to school.