A quarter of a century ago, there province, in 1918, Accompanied Janded in Shanghai a pioneer in the his' Chinese. boy, ten coolles, anda ale of modern pharmaceutical pro-arty of soldiers provided asa body duets, who since that time has seen guard, he. left" Chungking the day fu enormous growth in the umber following Thanksgiving, and travelled of "foreign-trained physicians largely by. means of sedan chair to China, and therefore inthe demand Chengtu, stopping in the various for Western medicine, He la Mr. F. Lo small villages on the way at tiny Robbins, now senior representative of messrs. Parke, Davis & Ca. in China, fans for the night, er else enjoying the hospitality "of mission odors but then the' sole representative of when he happened to pass through the company in this country, Mr. a larger town. Boarding 2 june ko Robbins has been in a position to see made a trip up river, and. finally with his own eyes the advance which Telurned to Chengts In time for New China has made in the past quarter Year, which be celebrated on boord of a century, as up to five years igo a U.S, gunboat, He also made many he had been making regular trips all over China, and had been to every part except Thibet and Mongolia. other trips in' the interior, one to Foochow from Amoy overland, and several to Manchuria, Mr, Robbins had some interesting things o say about the spread of Western medicines throughout, the larger towns and. cities "in. China during an interview with the *North-China Heral@" on Oct. 1. When he first came out here' from New England, there was practically business' in pharmaceutical products China, and. Mr. Robbing was responsible for introducing his srm's products into the country. Three weeks after his arrival, Mr. Robbins forted off on his frst trip, to Peking and Tientsin. "The products were Introduced to the various towns and cities in the interior by contact with foreign-trained Chinese physicians, whose number at that time was very
foreign-trained physicians in China, Even the, precent number amounting to a few thousands, is small compared with the needs" of the people,
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