The Archive · 1929

Position of the Conference

In this connection, Dr. Chu 31 yi, a member of the conference, who is" also a "member of the Public Health Couneit, said. that the pro-I as put before the conference quite a reasonable one. All the Western-trained doctors agreed that the only proper action which at present could be taken was to re-Bister both foreign-trained and ce practitioners, the registration to the end of 192 ined doctors and to the end of 1930 for native bract. tioners. After this perind, said Dr. Chu, no person would be permitted to practise medicine unless he oF sh wat in possorsion of a diploma from ited medical eolicge. This serve to sezreyate "quacks" the did more harm than sod, This was the point on which there was misunderstanding. Dr. Chu said, and. the native practitioners had riven up in arms because they thought that it_yeas an attempt the part of the Conference to abolis Chinese medicine altogether, which was a matter not even considered the Conference, -seirar™ the ETEREE." For the Government, Tatended to forbid motive-trained dletore From practising altogether that alt agreed that the backward methods of the horse train practi Uioneen should be reformed,

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