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NOTES FROM CHINA.
112 should also advise as to the choice of occupation, from the point of view of physical fitness, in the case of pupils leaving school. One other interesting point was raisednamely, whether instruction in sexual matters should be included among the duties of the school medical officer. It was agreed that this subject did not belong to his line of work. These general principles were brought to the notice of the Board of Education, which will make use ofthem in calling into existence the Medical School Service in this ’
animal was abundant. He brings evidence to show that in a state of nature the marmot is rarely affected. Apart from their scientific value these opinions have great commercial importance, since the trade in tarabagan skins for manufacture into imitation sable is an extensive and lucrative one. On account of the plague tarabagan hunting has been prohibited during the last two years by both the Chinese and
Russian Governments. .
Opi2cm Smoking.
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country.
Professor von Noorden. As I have already mentioned in THE LÀNCET, Professor von Noorden has decided to leave Vienna and return to Frankfort. The main reason for doing so was the desire to be free from the duties of a director of a .clinic and In Frankfort he will be able’ to of a clinical teachei, devote, his time to research and also to private practice. Professor von Noorden’s departure will be a great loss to scientific medicine in Vienna, for in his clinic over 300 important contributions to the problems of metabolism have been made by his assistants and pupils within the last few
In
spite of the general political unrest the Government is oontmuing to enforce most stringent measures to stamp out the opium habit. Cultivation of the poppy has ceased in ten out of the 21 provinces. Throughout the country opium shops have’ been closed, with the result that well-to-do smokers have flocked in large numbers to the foreign settle. ments at some of the treaty ports, hoping that there they will be, able to indulge their’craving unmolested. Unfortunately, in many instances they have not been disappointed, for to meet the increased demand extra licences have been granted and new shops have been opened.
The International Opium Conference. The splendid clinic and the "metabolism kitchen" kind-of Mecca for medical men coming from all parts The- Chinese Government is sending two representatives of the world. In the search for a successor overtures are to the International Conference, which will open on being made to Professor His, -of Berlin, whose work on July 1st at The Hague.Opium One is Dr. Wu Lien-teh, who acted the pathology of the circulation and of the- heart is so, in the same capacity at the Conference that took place important. Many of medical faculty in Vienna, whileduring the end of 1911 and beginning of 1912. His colleague fully recognising the great position of Professor His, would, is Dr. W. W. Yen, Minister to Germany, who is peculiarly however, prefer the appointment , of a successor having a fitted to discuss the subject, since it: was he-who, together reputation in connexion with the subject of metabolism, in with the British Minister in Peking, drafted the Opium Treaty order to continue the work inaugurated so successfully by, of May, 1911. The chief duties of the Chinese representathe professor now returning to his old place in Frankfort. tives will be to call attention to the action of the authorities years.
were a
the
July 7th.
foreign
of the settlements in failing to suppress the opium houses under their jurisdiction; also to frame some regulations to govern the transport, distribution,’ and sale of morphia, cocaine, and allied drugs. ’
NOTES FROM CHINA. (FROM
OUR OWN
Peking,
CORRESPONDENT.)
June 10th.
AUSTRALIA.
North Manchurian
Plague Preve-aztioaa Service. FOUR fully equipped hospitals are now in working order at (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) the following places : Harbin, Sansing, -La-ha-su-su (at the junction of the rivers Amor and Sungari), and at Aigun The Northern Territory. (opposite Blagovestchensk). The personnel of the service comprises two graduates of Cambridge, one -of Edinburgh, Professor H. B. Allen, of Melbourne, has at therequest of and four who received their medical education in Peking the Federal Government furnished a report on the- health of and Tientsin. Besides these are a number of locally Panama Canal Zone, with a view of comparing its conthe female trained hospital attendants and two Chinese : nurses. In the absence of plague the- hospitals are,ditions with the Northern Territory of Australia and learning what measures may be needed to deal with tropical disease being utilised,l for general cases. The increasing number ; in that region. In his report Professor Allen suggests that a of sick who come to them for treatment proves that the survey should be made of all the varieties of the practical service is quickly gaining popularity, and augurs well for any future epidemic, since no anti-plague measures mosquito found in Australia. The Northern Territory covers that any positive dicta about its can be ’ thoroughly successful - without the assistance such an enormous expanse and concurrence of the people. The confidence of climatic possibilities for a white population may hot apply 40 the masses is being further gained by a wise regulation generally. The rainfall varies in parts from 10 to which directs that the medical officer in charge of each inches per annum, and it is only on the -coast belt that station shall give every week a. public lecture, illustrated really oppressive conditions exist. No serious endemic disease with lantern slides, on the subject of hygiene. On May lst has yet been shown to exist in any part of- it. [, the staff ofthe North Manchurian Plague Prevention Service Brisbane Medical School.. j received a valuable addition in Dr. F. E. Reynolds, who A proposal has been brought before the Queensland’ Branch came to take up the post .of bacteriologist. Dr; Reynolds of the British Medical Association by Dr. E. S. Jackson was recently assistant in the bacteriological laboratory of the desirability of opening a medical school in and since has been in affirming the Edinburgh University, working connexion with the Brisbane University. When the matter laboratories of Wassermann and of Bordet. came to the stage of preliminary discussion considerable The Tarabagan and Pneumonic Plague. opposition was manifested by several members in different of the State, and the matter was postponed in order other in and carried out parts Bacteriological investigations Northern Manchuria, Mongolia, and Eastern Siberia during that their objections might be more fully heard. _’ the last two and a half years by the Director of the Inebriate -Retreats. Plague Prevention Service, Dr. Wu Lien-teh (G. L. Tuck),. In the report of Mr. E. Jones, Inspector-General of Lunacy have led him to form an opinion at variance with the’ generally accepted theory of the origin of pneumonic plague. for Victoria, it is stated that the Lara Retreat for Inebriates Dr. Wu has satisfied himself that the epidemic of 1910 and treated 127 cases last year, with a daily average of 33. Of these 1911 did not emanate directly from the tarabagan. In, 35 were readmissions. The receipts were .61490, and expenditure £2465. The cost to the State was less than 98 per a report shortly to be published Dr. Wu demonstrates that though the tarabagan has been proved experimentally to be head for 127 cases. Mr. Jones remarks that among those opium susceptible to the disease, yet its connexion with the’ addicted to drugs cocaine seemed more degrading epidemic was more fancied than real owing to the fact that or alcohol. Dr. H. P. Godfrey, the medical superintendent, the endemic areas happened to be’localities where the points out the urgent need for a second institution more oil ,
,
’
"
than
animal was abundant. He brings evidence to show that in a state of nature the marmot is rarely affected. Apart from their scientific value these opinions have great commercial importance, since the trade in tarabagan skins for manufacture into imitation sable is an extensive and lucrative one. On account of the plague tarabagan hunting has been prohibited during the last two years by both the Chinese and
Russian Governments. .
Opi2cm Smoking.
’
country.
Professor von Noorden. As I have already mentioned in THE LÀNCET, Professor von Noorden has decided to leave Vienna and return to Frankfort. The main reason for doing so was the desire to be free from the duties of a director of a .clinic and In Frankfort he will be able’ to of a clinical teachei, devote, his time to research and also to private practice. Professor von Noorden’s departure will be a great loss to scientific medicine in Vienna, for in his clinic over 300 important contributions to the problems of metabolism have been made by his assistants and pupils within the last few
In
spite of the general political unrest the Government is oontmuing to enforce most stringent measures to stamp out the opium habit. Cultivation of the poppy has ceased in ten out of the 21 provinces. Throughout the country opium shops have’ been closed, with the result that well-to-do smokers have flocked in large numbers to the foreign settle. ments at some of the treaty ports, hoping that there they will be, able to indulge their’craving unmolested. Unfortunately, in many instances they have not been disappointed, for to meet the increased demand extra licences have been granted and new shops have been opened.
The International Opium Conference. The splendid clinic and the "metabolism kitchen" kind-of Mecca for medical men coming from all parts The- Chinese Government is sending two representatives of the world. In the search for a successor overtures are to the International Conference, which will open on being made to Professor His, -of Berlin, whose work on July 1st at The Hague.Opium One is Dr. Wu Lien-teh, who acted the pathology of the circulation and of the- heart is so, in the same capacity at the Conference that took place important. Many of medical faculty in Vienna, whileduring the end of 1911 and beginning of 1912. His colleague fully recognising the great position of Professor His, would, is Dr. W. W. Yen, Minister to Germany, who is peculiarly however, prefer the appointment , of a successor having a fitted to discuss the subject, since it: was he-who, together reputation in connexion with the subject of metabolism, in with the British Minister in Peking, drafted the Opium Treaty order to continue the work inaugurated so successfully by, of May, 1911. The chief duties of the Chinese representathe professor now returning to his old place in Frankfort. tives will be to call attention to the action of the authorities years.
were a
the
July 7th.
foreign
of the settlements in failing to suppress the opium houses under their jurisdiction; also to frame some regulations to govern the transport, distribution,’ and sale of morphia, cocaine, and allied drugs. ’
NOTES FROM CHINA. (FROM
OUR OWN
Peking,
CORRESPONDENT.)
June 10th.
AUSTRALIA.
North Manchurian
Plague Preve-aztioaa Service. FOUR fully equipped hospitals are now in working order at (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) the following places : Harbin, Sansing, -La-ha-su-su (at the junction of the rivers Amor and Sungari), and at Aigun The Northern Territory. (opposite Blagovestchensk). The personnel of the service comprises two graduates of Cambridge, one -of Edinburgh, Professor H. B. Allen, of Melbourne, has at therequest of and four who received their medical education in Peking the Federal Government furnished a report on the- health of and Tientsin. Besides these are a number of locally Panama Canal Zone, with a view of comparing its conthe female trained hospital attendants and two Chinese : nurses. In the absence of plague the- hospitals are,ditions with the Northern Territory of Australia and learning what measures may be needed to deal with tropical disease being utilised,l for general cases. The increasing number ; in that region. In his report Professor Allen suggests that a of sick who come to them for treatment proves that the survey should be made of all the varieties of the practical service is quickly gaining popularity, and augurs well for any future epidemic, since no anti-plague measures mosquito found in Australia. The Northern Territory covers that any positive dicta about its can be ’ thoroughly successful - without the assistance such an enormous expanse and concurrence of the people. The confidence of climatic possibilities for a white population may hot apply 40 the masses is being further gained by a wise regulation generally. The rainfall varies in parts from 10 to which directs that the medical officer in charge of each inches per annum, and it is only on the -coast belt that station shall give every week a. public lecture, illustrated really oppressive conditions exist. No serious endemic disease with lantern slides, on the subject of hygiene. On May lst has yet been shown to exist in any part of- it. [, the staff ofthe North Manchurian Plague Prevention Service Brisbane Medical School.. j received a valuable addition in Dr. F. E. Reynolds, who A proposal has been brought before the Queensland’ Branch came to take up the post .of bacteriologist. Dr; Reynolds of the British Medical Association by Dr. E. S. Jackson was recently assistant in the bacteriological laboratory of the desirability of opening a medical school in and since has been in affirming the Edinburgh University, working connexion with the Brisbane University. When the matter laboratories of Wassermann and of Bordet. came to the stage of preliminary discussion considerable The Tarabagan and Pneumonic Plague. opposition was manifested by several members in different of the State, and the matter was postponed in order other in and carried out parts Bacteriological investigations Northern Manchuria, Mongolia, and Eastern Siberia during that their objections might be more fully heard. _’ the last two and a half years by the Director of the Inebriate -Retreats. Plague Prevention Service, Dr. Wu Lien-teh (G. L. Tuck),. In the report of Mr. E. Jones, Inspector-General of Lunacy have led him to form an opinion at variance with the’ generally accepted theory of the origin of pneumonic plague. for Victoria, it is stated that the Lara Retreat for Inebriates Dr. Wu has satisfied himself that the epidemic of 1910 and treated 127 cases last year, with a daily average of 33. Of these 1911 did not emanate directly from the tarabagan. In, 35 were readmissions. The receipts were .61490, and expenditure £2465. The cost to the State was less than 98 per a report shortly to be published Dr. Wu demonstrates that though the tarabagan has been proved experimentally to be head for 127 cases. Mr. Jones remarks that among those opium susceptible to the disease, yet its connexion with the’ addicted to drugs cocaine seemed more degrading epidemic was more fancied than real owing to the fact that or alcohol. Dr. H. P. Godfrey, the medical superintendent, the endemic areas happened to be’localities where the points out the urgent need for a second institution more oil ,
,
’
"
than