Dr. T. B. Dunn's Advice: Nine Rules for Guidance: Long-of the Chinese peaking at a meeting of the Rotary Club on Thursday Dr. Tho-'a= B. Dunn said that in order to)
ep well in Shanghai one should observe the followire: points:
1—Plenty of Exercise.
Held dowa the amount you '—Drink plenty of pure water, but little of pure alcohol.
4-—-Keep your smoking down, 5—Eat no cold food in public places.
'6—Beware of flies.
F—Be vaccinated against smallpox and inoculated against typhoid, 'E—Supervise the health of your servants:
$—Keep your mind free of mental anxiety for there is no doubt that the man who is upset by worry, fear or erger, is much more likely be attacked by disease.
Shanghai Not Unhealthy ein, and" practically every so-called tropical disease is preventable if_ proper precautions are taken, Such diseases as pneumonia fund influenza are no more prevalent here than elsewhere, in fact there less pneumonia here than elsewhere. The best proof of the hheaithful conditions of Shangha rests in the fact, according to Dr Dun that fife insurance companies we reduced the! premium charges Inveslation is a practically in preventive of typhoid, and Di quoted Hizures showing that bout one person in a thousand ever contracts the disease who has Seen Tnoeutated withi The +0: "enter such as typhoid, dseentery cholera are preventable if proper] precautions are taken in the warm! summer months.
One of the chief sources of dis-Infection, according to Dr. Dunn, as well as Dr. Peter, among foreigners in Shanghai and China are ser "It jo for servants to work for several days after they become il" said Dr. Dunn, "They handle our food and pose the germs on to. tus. [know of one case where five metnbers of a foreign family con= tracted typhoid and when the cause was traced down we found one of the servants had had the fever for several days bug had continued working and handling the food."
Practically the same thing applies to other diseases prevalent here such us tuberculosis, trachoma and on. The health of our households "should be considered as a elude our servants, unit and most certainly' should in Chinese Insanitary Condition Dr. W. S, New in his address remarked, "The foreigner often' wonders why all the Chinese people do not die in view of the insanitary conditions prevailing. But it is a fact that despite the lack of sault tion the Chinese people continue to live in considerable numbers and considerable proportion of them manage to reach a considerable before they die. The reason for this ix that the Chinese take cor-tain precautions naturally, such as the drinking of tea which must be made from boiled water and the eating of cooked foods."
He went on to say that modern western civilization such as transportation is bringing health problems to China owing to the spread of diseases through travel. Where formerly the Chinese people did Tittle travelling, now they travel a great deal and this has the effect of spreading diseases which previously were localized.
Still another element in China which makes for health is due to|Wednesday evening in a Chinese the calm philosophical outlook on life which all Chinese possess, Although the West had develope from the standpoint of scientific medical practice, the hurry and bustle and high that prevail there make for weakened bodies susceptible to disease influence. Many of the principles of health considered necessary in the West are unknown in China, but the Chinese manage to get along and most of us live to a reasonably old age. Westerners think it is necessary to have a bath every day.
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