A young traveler visiting China has sent his
experience thus far in China while remembering home. He was served his
breakfast much like back home and had a bath which he explained as being colder
than he was used to, a sign he was missing home. He explains to us a rash he
has gotten. He says it to be a copper color, and it has spread from neck to
chest then to his arms, ankles, and his back.
He has the terrible ‘prickly heat’ of the tropics, which feels like pins,
needles, and stinging-nettles. He says it is bad enough in itself, but it is
unbelievable when he is congratulated upon having it for now he cannot get anything else
while he has this. Back home he would not be congratulated
for having an illness, but he would be treated for such ailments.
-Emily Dodd
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