This introductory statement may perhaps be most fittingly concluded by reference to the Congress of the Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine held in Hanoi in December 1938. Thanks are due to Dr. Bernard Read for this brief report of the Congress and this opportunity is taken of thanking him for all he did for the Institute during the Director's absence on leave. It was something of a triumph to be able to head a delegation of six men and present eleven papers at the end of a year during which the Institute was closed' The Congress was attended by 244 persons from 15 countries of the Far East, including one delegate from Australia. Owing to the Annual Medical Conference usually held in Calcutta at this time no delegates came to Hanoi from India. Work at the Conference was divided into 12 sections at which 159 papers were presented including 44 from China. In fact China sent the largest delegation and five of its members acted as sectional chairmen. Professor Read was chairman of the section of Pharmacology and part time in the section of Nutrition. Dr. H. C. Hou was chairman at one of the meetings held in the section of Nutrition. Dr. H. Yu's papers on Cholera were well supplemented by field statistics reported by Dr. R. C. Robertson. They led to a special round table conference at which recommendations were drawn up and forwarded to the League of Nations and to the countries concerned regarding the latest views on the correct dosage and method of administration of Cholera
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