That the dread disease of leprosy is prevalent in certain districts of Tibet was mentioned by Dr, J. L Maxwell, of the Henry Lester Institute of Medical Research In a lecture given the Cathedral Hall on Sunday even Ing, Dr. Maxwell's Ieeture dealt with an expedition which he made into bet about three years ayo, travelling main= ly rough the country inhabited: by the Nosu tribe, who, he said, uso the Mest cruel method "to deal" with lepers. If poor, they are buried alive, but if rich they meet with n searcely-Jess horrible fate, ax they are burned ive. "A number of them flee 10 thw mountains in order to escape their 'There is little missionary work carried in this part of the world, declared Dr. Maxwell, out hie' visit served to stir up enough interest to strengthen whatever there was, The object of the expedition was to find out more about the distribution of elscagce in Tibet, and it ies himself specialists In anthroology, ophthalmology, dontristry.
irulture, and one other professor. [The tribes "found In Tibet" were governed by the ancient feudal system, and consisted of different lasses, the Jowest of whom were slaves.
'The opium habit was very proval: ent and all the supplies of the drug were grown by the people, none' of it being Imported. A large percentage of the officials indulged. in. the habit, and the result was that the Foxds, houses, ote, all were in a deplorable state. 'The people, up short time ago, were accustomed to using bows with poisoned arrows 1 weapons, until they purchased modern ins from. the Chinese, 'They still used. the most. primitive' methods of Punishment, and one of the ways of eating with 3 thief was to hand ira up by the hands until they dropped off, "One of the curses of the tribe was its system of child labour, which converted the children into. nothing more than beasts of burden, The various members of the party examined members of the tribe, and lid what they could for their health, Jand one of the results of the journey was that an attempt was shortly. to bbe made {0 treat the lepers who fre: quanted the hillsides. Dr, Maxwell described the difficulties and dangers encountered in travelling through a wild country such as this, where brigands often were reported. Some of the bridges erasing deep were frighteningly narrow, the rivers to be crossed. were mostly swift Mowing and diMeult to negotiate, and most of the paths were set in pro-cations positions on the sides of precipices. number of interesting slides were shown to illustrate the lecture,
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