In other channels, some advances may also be recited. An efficient municipal health department.
Shanghai (Chinese administered district) two years ago which with the change of government has continued under the same administration. We have no doubt that when the destructive processes pass away, constructive forces il come into play, and taken altogether the shake-up will so stir up things that there will follow a greater march of progress.
One event which happened during. this period is the visit in 1926 to China of the British Boxer Indemnity Commission, headed by Lord Willingdon. Through the efforts of this "association, the National Medical und Pharmaceutical Association and certain others, the, British Government has decided, upon the recommendation of the Commission, to designate 17 per cent. oF over half a million dollars per year for public health and medical education in China. As soon og the country becomes more peace. ful this work will be started and far-reaching results may be expeeted to follow.
In this connection I wish to express the hope that to ensure far-Teaching results this fund will be devoted to constructive and reproductive work rather than merely palliative and unprolific efforts. Wise utilization of this money would contribute materially towards securing the application of scientific ig found hand, an urstatesmanlike policy, unmindful of the trend of modern medicine, might prove eventually to be an obstacle to this aim. It is particularly important that those phases of the application of medicine which are becoming obsolete elsewhere should not be perpetuated oF {introduced in China, In the realm of military surgery wwe believe progress is generally being made. A larger number of rained men are being employed and more funds are being allotted to the care of the wounded. The: importance of public health and pre-enrive measures is slowly but steadily "being realized by the rrenerals, Requests. for expert advice in the building of delousers to combat typhus and the penvaission to ive preventive inoculation of anti-tetanus serum to all wounded are revolutionary signs in the medical history of China, Recommendations for Association But as a whole we are not satisfied and I feel that now is the time for tis to prepare ourselves for the long strides of proges which we are bound to make from this time on. To do this I have a few suggestions, to make, (1). We need a more united front. We should not have two National Medical Associations. The' policies of our association and of the Chinese Medical & Pharmaceutical Association do not differ and many medical men are members of both. Tt seems superfluous to have them existing side by side, and very embarrassing when one has to con. sult the other when preparing a memorandum to the government on a question of national importance. Until we can present a united front. we cannot assume the important. duty which the medical profession exercises in other nations of being articulate in all national medical policies. The influence which similar organizations in Japan, the United States and Great Britain exert on their respective governments is something we should strive for. 1 feel, therefore, that the amalgam ion of the National Medical Associntion and the Chinese Medical Pharmaceutical Association is a necessity, and that the sooner this ig accomplished, the better. The name of the union association acceptable to all parties when translate ed into English is identical to that already adopted by our sister lorganization—the China Medical Association which may have some practical solution to offer us as soon as it comes to hear of our problem.
(2). The problem of our journal also needs careful study. Eventually we hope to have two separate: Journals, one published in Chinese and the other in English. In the meantime it seems pertinent to think of improving the English section of our journal and of amal-gameting the Chinese section with the journal of the Chinese Medical Pharmaceutical Association. A. bilingual journal is both wasteful [and unnecessary.
Need of Administrative Oficer (3). The meed of a full-time administrative officer of the Associa.
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