Extension to International The spread of Western medicine in China has been accomplished. to a great extent by the extension. of medical schools all over the country, When Mr. Rbobins first arrived out here, there were very few such schools in existence, and the only sources of information as to Western medicine were the medical missionaries, 'The spread of this Knowledge has been confined principally o the towns and cities in China, while the villages still keep to their primitive medicines, consist-ug mostly of herbs, and a few strange articles such as tigers' claws. Although the advent of Western medicine to the towns and cities has meant that the villages have also gleaned a certain amount of information about it, the typical Chinese farmer slow to change from the customs of centuries, and it will be a very long time before Western medicines are introduced into the villages. The Chinese peasant prefers to consult a doctor" trained in the traditional Chinese method, and then to go to the little village pharmacy and purchase the herbal cure ordered by his Trip to Szechuen One of the longest journeys made by Mr. Robbins was to Szechuen'
Settlement, Big strides have been made locally in the opium suppression movement during the past three months, declared Mr. Ma Liang, Opium Suppression Commissioner for Kiangsu and Shanghai, in an interview with the Central News Agency on Sept. 29, More than 11,000 drug addicts, Becording to Mr. Ma, have completely got rid of their habit, over 19,000 have renewed their certificates, and no less than 24,000 have been' newly registered,
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