He recalls how one day he was invited for a meal by Dr. Brown, and Mrs. Brown asked him to open a can for her. It was then that he discovered that because of Hualien's damp air, Mrs. Brown had rheumatism, and with swollen joints in all her fingers she had no strength in her hands; Dr. Brown also had painful hands.
他回憶：有一天薄院長請他吃飯，院長夫人請他幫忙開罐頭，他才發現，院長夫人因不適應花蓮的濕氣得了風濕症，十個指頭關節腫脹無法用力，薄院長也有手痛的毛病。