Oct. 15. tory of China se by the first international medical confer- most tion, for example, was headed by [Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Russell, now Public Health Commissioner with the Government of India, Jwhose pioneer work in the preparation and collection of statistics is so highly recognized. The Jap-Janese delegation was specially [strong and it was a great privilege for China to welcome such experts as Professor S. Imamura and Dr.
T. Mitamura. The study of parasitology has received assiduous attention in Japan and the Japan—lose delegates made useful ¢ontri-Joutions to discussions of that branch of medical research. From /Manila, the birthplace of the Far JEastern Association of Tropical Medicine, came Major G. C. Dun ham and Dr. P. F. Russell, both well-known here. The United States of America sent the great leprosy scientist, Dr. H. W. Wade, and San Francisco's Director of Public Health, Dr. J.C. Geiger. From the Netherlands East Indies Professor E. W. Walch, Dr, Kwa /Tjoan Sice and Dr. C. E, de Moor brought special knowledge of various {tropical diseases. Piquancy was imported by the friendly discussion of the transmission of ithe deadly kala-czar between Dr. IL, E. Napier of the Calcutta School lof Tropical Medicine on the one side and Dr. Forkner and Dr. Zia jof the Peking Union Medical Colltege. Kala-czar is at present en-domic in North China and South [Manchuria. The possibility of the spread of the disease southward over the Yangtze barrier makes the mode of transmission import-fant to determine. It is to be hoped that further research will speedily settle what is at present ja_debateable issue. In the Straits Settlements delegation were included Dr. G. V. Allen and Dr. A. Hoops both of whom have international reputations. This random
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