Now a few words in regard to our JAssociation, which har been in existlence for 26 years. Among its objects Jas enumerated in the Constitution Jare the union of the medical profession of the Far East into one compact Jorganization and the promotion of friendly international intercourse. between scientific men. It should be the keynote of this congress to promote these two objects. After all Jour problems are very much the same, Jand the more intimate our relations Jare wXh one another the better it is for all of us. In recent months China has sent doctors to Manila, Indo-JChina, India, Singapore, and the Netherlands "East Indies' to study Ispecial. problems such as rinderpest, kala-czar, malaria, ete. On. their return they have always reported the exceedingly cordial reception they thave "received from their foreign colleagues and the great benefit which they were always able to obtain. The League of Nations and ithe Rockefeller Foundation can perform no greater service than to make possible more of these. interchanges of. fellowships.
Tt is time that the nations of the [Par East unlie themselves as far as ithe medical profession is concerned.
have been very much gratified in the whole-hearted way that the health Jauthorities.of the three governments Jot Shanghal—International Settlement, French Concession and Munlcipality of Greater Shanghal—have Jworked together in the campaign against cholera since T called the frst cholera conference in 1990. The work lof the Eastern Bureau of the League Jot Nations in ce-ordinating the work lof the quarantine services of diferent countries is another example of what International ce-operation. could. accomplish. T venture to recommend to the congress, therefore. that more Jeffective emphasis be placed on the international aspects of our work.
Before closing, 1 wish to thank the members for the honour of being Jelected to the Presidency of this [Congress and to express officially the [great privilege of serving as host of four ninth congress. Besides fulfilling ithe objects mentioned in our Constitution, T have no doubt that this (Congress, which has just now been Jdeclared open, will confer a lasting. beneficial effect on medical progress jin the Far East in general and in [China in particular.
Plague and Cholera Death With Oct, Following the official opening of the ninth congress of the Far Eastlem Association of Tropical Medicine last Wednesday in Nanking, legates, more than 400 in number, holding scientific sessions. A total of 200 papers were received and classified for presentation in the fol-Towing sections: medicine, surgery Jobstetrics, pathology, plague, cholera [public health, ete.
Among the papers read during th first two sessions the ones on the Jmode of transmission of Kala-czar Jaroused great interest and provoked ively discussion, Tuminating papers dealing with plague and cholera Thave also been presented, showing {the enormous strides that have been made in efforts to suppress these scourges, both in India and China, during the past 10-12 years.
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