Dr. Neil said they were all agreed that the teaching of English was only a temporary expedient. 'They were convinced, he thought, that there should be certain centres for the' teaching of English and others ch; for Chinese. He hoped that the majority of schools would teach Chinese, and that the standard attained would be a high one.
Dr. Eubank raised what he called the practical side of the question. It was held at the Conference in Peking that there should be at least fifteen professors in each of the medical schools. That, however, had been found to be impracticable, because the necessary support was not forthcoming. He held the opinion that the Association should have the best schools, and that they ought to be models for the Government. They should confine them selves to certain centres, and let the teaching be either in English or Chinese. His idea was to locate certain centres, and then certain other schools must die because they ought to (Laughter).
Dr. Merrins said that if the As sociation would emphasize in the memorandum to the Government the need of a public health service it would be an inducement for a lot of their students to stick to the medical profession. The Chinese would be a long time before they appreciated sufficiently the standard of Western medicine to support a large number of practitioners.
The President suggested that a committee should be appointed to consider the points raised by Dr. Cormack and the other speakers, and on the proposal of Dr. H. H. Morriss the Nominating Committee was asked to appoint a committee to deal with the whole matter.
The committee chosen consisted of the following: Dr. Davenport, Dr. Maxwell, Dr. Lobenstein, Dr. Wu Lien-teh, Dr. Duncan Whyte, Dr. Tooker, and Dr. Roys.
This closed the discussion, Heredity.
Dr, Mertins delivered a very instructive public lecture on " Heredity," illustrated with excellent lantern views, a large number of visitors being present, The doctor gave striking examples of his subject, particularly as regards the relations between white and coloured races, The third day of the China Medical Missionary Association Conference began at 9 o'clock on Thursday morning, and the business on the agenda drew a large number of delegates. The most important subject discussed was tuberculosis, on which topic some valuable information was given. The Conference met only in the morning, the afternoon being given up for visiting the various local hospitals, at some of which demonstrations were held. The Conference was again presided over by Dr. Duncan Main, the President.
Treatment of Tuberculosis, Dr. E. Margaret Phillips, of Kaifeng fu, Honan, opened the morning's discussion with a learned paper on the treatment of tuberculosis in China. The subject of the paper, she said, was of vital concern not only to the medical missionary, but also to the head of every large institution in China. With the progress of missionary work, the adoption of Western civilization, trades, industries, etc., and the increase of large institutions (educational and industrial), they were confronted with the danger of the spread and increase of tuberculosis amongst the natives, unless they were on the watch for the earliest signs and the immediate treatment of the sufferer and the safeguarding of his asso-clates. Their responsibilities to the Chinese increased with their opportunities. That tuberculosis was on the increase in their institutions might be disputed, but it was a question for serious consideration. No doctor could fail to be struck with the number of students who developed tuberculosis, and the number of brilliant young workers who were carried off by the disease at fro
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