4th January.
Tue First Report of the Shanghai First Aid Association lies before us. It is the record of a good beginning and a promise of much greater things, Starting on the well established lines of the St. John's Ambulance Association, its first care was to win the approval of the local medical ficulty. A course of lectures was given, or rather seven courses in all, three for women on First. Aid, two for men, and two on Home Nursing, Examinations were given on these, with the result that 36 ladies and 21 men obtained certificates for First Aid, while 22 ladies, mostly included in the previous 36, won others for Home Nursing, Ex-
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