'Two methods of cure are being' used constantly in the-Hospital. One is the blister method, developed abroad, and now " favourite in Chinese anti-opium institutions. A large gauze pad smeared with a drawing, Substance is placed on the patient's, chest and in a few hours a large blister forms on the spot. The liquid is tapped from the blister and injected intramuscularly into the patient without delay. Usually one such Injection is suMelent—some 15 cern. The other method involves the use of the patient's own blood-serum, Enough blood is taken from the arm to provide sume lent serum for an injection. The serum then is given intramusularly (o the patient. Throughout the period of treatment, (ests are made {o determine progress. Urine analysis provides one of the most delicate gauges of opium in the system. Even atler five days of non-rise, a trace of the drug may be dis-doses of the drug—tincture of opium or a weak. morphine solution—are cerned by this method. Diminishing "this picture shows an addict-patient undergoing treatment at the Chapel Anti-Opium Hospital, Tien Tung An. Road. Diood ts drawn from to produce n scrum which is then Injected into a muscle.
"Tne average stay of patients In the Hospital is two weeks and most of the Inmates apply {for admission of their own accord. search ward. They usually slay there 'a month and exhausting data relating to their symptoms and progress are accumulated: temperature curves, lood pressure curves, changes in the craving dose" and many other eir~ cumstances are noted. The relation of the minimum dose which will quiet patient to the craving dose, is studied. These patients are then further observed when they stop showing symptoms. It is estimates that 150 men have gone through this selentife routine since the opening of the Hospital. The value of the data gained is cumulative.
The Viceroy arrived at the College a 8am, and the examination of the Attached students, twenty In number, once commenced: the subjects of examination "were, proficiency in the English language, translation of English Into Chinese, practical telegraphy and electrical testing. Inthe. alternoo there were a series of torpedo exper men, under the direction of Mr. Betts, Avtarge number of "charges powder had been Submerged nest the college, and rates representing boats were blown up as they attempted to past over the diferent lines of tore oes. "Some experiments with guncotton (Continued on page 252.)
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