Off'all the papers read, the most significant ones. which touched upon visit for the members. They were the: various aspects. of surgery warmly received by the hospital ly: characteristic to China. uthortion who showed the premises to the members..'The most atereative "A study of 200 cases of Urinary thing was the kitchen aystem which Coleuius im Shantung. by-Hou Pac the Hospital has installed.
The next. session was fully occupied with papers. which {Guched: upon the diferent aspects of public health. They were: School Hygiene in China, by C.K. Chu, Immediately. after the session.
Vital Statistics of Kao Chiao, by resolution meeting was held during. ¥.-C..Li, Registration of Hospitals which a number of resolutions, in Shanghai, by. H. L. Yang, Rural which are of fundamental import-Health problem in Shanghai, by ance, were introduced and, after IG. Y.. Song, Standard. of School cussion, passed.
Hygiene, by. C. K. Chu: The following are the most The moose interesting papers were portant resolution thave. submitted. and: read. by "Dr. 1 HX. Hu, Comuissloner. of Departent of Health of the Municipality of Greater Shanghai. The titles of Dr. Hu's papers. were: "A general review of Public Health work in the Municipality of Greater Shanghai, and "A plan of Public Health Work." After. the conclusion of. the public Sime: in connection neath session, the meeting on resolu fessional. practice tions was renamed at 1130-32, which require both' jadeement The. resolutions. which. have. been Bad assistance from: the paseed were as follows:—G). As a result of strikes destarjed by. servants and nurses. of tlom should be formed, under the Modizal'' allege of. the -Chiloo ame of the legal Council of the University, Teinanfa, Shantung, Rational Afedizal Association of which necessitated the closing of the College, it is hereby resolved that The afternoon was devoted entire-Petition and: representatives be-sent tseeing'trips—the Shanghai Sanitorium and. the, Shanghai Orthopaedic Hospital. Through the' kindness. of Dz. Miller; superinten-dont of the Shanghai' Sanitorium, members of the Association were shown active and modern equipment; such as light therapy, hydrotherapy; X-ray: apparatus; - Operating - room and the wards of various prades. Thanks are due'to Dr. Miller for his. special efforts in explaining"and aethonstrating: to: the' members equipments above-referred' to:
The "Orthopaedic." Hospital, which Dr. W. S. New, is the superintendent, also formed an interesting to both the Ministry, of Health and the Ministry of Education request-{ng that ways and: means be devised in order to.enable the early-resumption of work by. the college. Drs. Peter C. King and 8. G. Chuan were ppointed a oficial representatives of the Association.
The formation. of. a. Couveil of Health, Education.
(2) Financial compsign for-the erection of the Association. building.
the afternaoa, an excursion to woosung-was undertaken: Members were transported by: automobiles: first' to the Chapei: Waterworks, where: they were: provided! with: the observed junk on fire, about % mile distant. Bore down towards her, and found her to be one of the large type of Swatow junks, now burning fiercely, and gradually" sinking. Brought ship close alongside and took off three men, hauling: same: aboard with lines dropped from the ship. Again bringing the ship alongside took off another three men in the same manner. her full crew. position' was' approximately—Lat. 23.06 N Long 116.393 E, and: well out of the track of shipping.
Nothing farther could be dono, and at 9.21 pam, we proceeded. on our passage to Hongkong.
On subsequent inquiry, we found: tat the first vessel' was the Maru, bound from Takao to Hongkong with a crew of nine Japanese, and six Chinese. Of these the Japa~ nese Master, and one Chinese seaman were lost, the others being saved. 'They stated that the fire was caused bby an explosion which occurred when she collided the junk, this collision occurring above half' an hour before she sank.
'The junk''s survivors stated that she hailed from Swatow, had. no name, and could not remember Ker number, She was badly damaged, and in' a sinking. condition og: a result of the collision, and in order to attract our attention they set. fire to her as a last resource.
Most of them were ina very. ex: hhansted state when taken aboard Tut were taken below, and accommodate in the engine room. store rooms, where they rapidly recovered. Food and necessary clothing were [supplied to them by the steward and Jcompradore, acting on my. instruc~ tions, gnd everything done to make them comfortable, Considerable difficulty was. perienced in carrying out the above rescues, Tt was a very dark night, with a strong wind, and: rough sea and swell—making the work of manccuvring the ship-one of difficulty: at times: the most dificult. part of the work being experienced in brings ing the ship near enough to the [burning junk to take her: crew: off: 8 the ship was rolling: heavily the creater part of the time. Tt was. with feelings of intense relief: that.
was finally enabled to clear' away from the wreck and' know that. all. aboard were saved.
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