The Council on Public Health of the Chinese Medical Association announces the opening of a leprosy clinic at 25 Tszepang Road under the direction of Dr. Lee S. Huizenga. Consultations are held every Tuesday and Saturday from 10 to 12 am. This is one of the several clinics operated under the Council at the Chinese Medical Association Headquarters, The venereal disease clinic held at the same place is daily caring for a large number of patients under the able directorship of Dr. John Gray. It has regular evening clinics from 6-7. The recently-opened dental clinic, of which Dr. H. L. Yen is Director, assisted by members of the China Dental Association, is rendering valuable service to refugees of school age, who are seen from 10 to 12 am. free of charge. The blood donor service, under the direction of Miss Nellie Lee, is also rendering a long-felt need in Shanghai. The maternal and child welfare clinics. directed by Dr. Z. T. Wang, is another of the many phases of medical service rendered at present to Shanghai sufferers by the Chinese Medical Association through its Council on Public Health.
The latest of these clinics is the leprosy clini. It is expected that the leprosy clinic will not have as many patients as the other clinics but since the Council wants to do all it can to attack the leprosy problem confronting Shanghai as 2 result of the influx of thousands of refugees from the leprosy-infested area of Kiangsu in and about Jukao and Dungtai Hsien; this special clinic has been opened to diagnose the disease and suggest further care of those found to be sufferers.
Health authorities, camp manager doctors, and the public in general are asked to ce-operate in sending suspected cases to the clinic. The clinic is free. A letter to the director of the clinic, should be given to the suspect. Any individual who may be suffering from numbness or any symptoms pointing to leprosy, can present himself in person to the clinic for further advice on this exceedingly mysterious disease. Early diagnosis greatly helps in the pos lo cure of the disease. Leprosy is not absolutely incurable, but it must be checked early if a cure is to be obtained.
In connection with the refugee problem many cases of malnutrition may give symptoms of numbness resembling those of leprosy. A careful diagnosis is necessary to differentiate some of these cases.
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