Few more useful services are in existence than the "fying doctor" service which is in operation in. the Jess populous areas of Australia where neighbours live "many miles" apart ud the nearest doctor or hospital may be 200 miles away." Transport by car through the bush is not always easy, but the introduction of "the Seroplane has revolutionized things and brought the latest medical ald to the very doors of isolated homes. The service was started in 1927, operating from Cloncurry with a D. H. 50 alr ambulance and Mr. Si, Vincent Welch as the frst "fying doctor." Ingenuity linked to this" enterprise evolved a special wireless transmitter for maintaining communications, the dynamo being worked by bicycle pedals to provide the necessary Power, and Morse signals are tapped Sut onan automatic keyboard. A wireless base station was established at Cloncurry in 1928, and. according to the Hon." Archdale Parkill, Australian Minister for Defence, there are 30 sets working. in conjunction with the Cloncurry. base alone. In the intervening years great strides have been made in the development of this medical service, additional bases being established at Wyndham, Port Hedland, Kalgoorlie and Broken Hill and invaluable results have been attained. 'Serious cases as far as 500 miles from a. medical centre have been given "attention and stricken orsons snatched from the jaws of death through the help made. avallable by the aeroplane. In Australia' experience there is an example which China, also a country of great distances and scattered medical centres and hospitals, might follow. Already, the aeroplane is being used io transport doctors from Shanghai and other ities to treat patients in interior cities but at present this isa luxury for the wealthy. A form of development which missionary and other medical services, which do such good work in this country, might take in the "future is the "ying doctor" which would take help to places outside the present scope of operations,
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