2026-04-06 22:39 UTC
> The unpleasantly primitive habits of the
Tibetans are amusingly described:
It is a solemn fact that some Tibetans never bathe from the cradle to the grave. Once in treating a, Tibetan lama, who was. suffering from dropsy, Miss Sheldon recommended a bath os a warm day. The wife held a consultation with our Tibetan Christian woman as to the effect of such heroic treatment. 11e
had never had a bath in his life, she said, and she was not quite sure whether he would survive one! Their prejudices were
overcome, the man was bathed, and eventually recovered. Since then there have been other similar cases, and a few days.
before the penning of this article a sick Tibetan woman, who came to the Mission, was in such a filthy condition that vermin seemed to be consuming her. She was too far gone, and succumbed in a very short time
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