That public health is attracting special attention among the Chin ese medical profession in China was shown on Saturday, the last day of the conference, when both papers read dealt with this matter. The first one was in Chinese on plague prevention in Manchuria by Dr. T. N. Tang, the second was by Dr. Wh Lien-teh on "Prevention of Infectious Diseases in China." The learned hygienist began by referring to the lack of suitable accommodation in China for dealing with infectious diseases such as, hospitals, laboratory ies, etc., whose number could almost be counted on the fingers of both hands. With a population of 400 millions a Jow sanitary standard and want of universal education, this state of affairs was deplorable both for her people and her neighbours, for whenever epidemics broke out, panic measures had to be undertaken often at enormous expense and untrained men called in—all to be disbanded as soon as the danger was past. The work of the North Manchuria Plague Prevention Service might be duplicated in every province, for both humane and economical reasons, as a saving of useful lives meant a corresponding prosperity to the locality, In Manchuria, they spent less than $100,000 yearly on their six hospitals.
Fortunately for their old country, the inese appeared to possess considerable resistance to certain infectious diseases, like smallpox, influenza, typhus, etc. Other newly imported infections from the West like scarlet fever, showed a tendency to become malignant. Dr. Wu urged his colleagues to undertake the additional duties of public health propagamdists among students, merchants, and educators, so that the splendid benefits of hygiene might be fully appreciated and utilized.
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