And he did write a fair amount about the state of dentistry in Taiwan: "Toothache, resulting from severe malaria and from betel-nut chewing, cigar-smoking, and other filthy habits, is the abiding torment of tens of thousands of both Chinese and aborigines.
他自己也留下很多關於拔牙的記錄：「因嚴重的瘧疾、嚼檳榔、抽煙及其他惡習而引起的牙疾，是數萬漢人及原住民所常受的痛苦。」