One of our medical fellow foreigners has recently subjected himself to the; effects of the plague prophylactic. Although the treatment does not cause serious siffering—not ax much as a "fine" case of vaccination—yet the prospect of having to undergo it every six months in order to live and labour in comparative safety in this region is not entirely to liking. The decimation of the poation by the plague and emigration i erning more and more apparent. It is urd to say whether our devoted mission~ ary doctors understand the dreaded scourge better than formerly or not. The "confidence of the natives in our western remedies and methods at best grows very slowly. Fortunately the recent typhoons have greatly improved the sanitary conditions and the hope is indulged" by many that all dangers of an epidemic this season are past.
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