The Archive · 1940

Retirement of Dr

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY — Chungking Starts New Bryson

Well-known Medico Ends His Career in China; 34 Years Practice in This Country Yesterday saw the retirement of Dr.: A.C. Bryson {cony {he firm of. Dr. Jackson & Partners, of which he was the senior member. His plans are not yet known but he has offered his services to the Empire and expects 1c be called upon in the not too distant future. Só a distinguished career ju China comes to an end.

Born in Hankow, Dr. Bryson was at Tientsin until 1892, when he went io the Bedford "Modern School, on Blackheath now known as Eltham College, after which he studied in the London Hospital from 1900 to 1902 winning the National Surgical Scholarship at Westminster Hospital, and also several yearly prizes including the much-coveted clinica] sur-gory prize. It was in 1906 that he obtained his M." and bac. (ohp) degrees. During his period of study Dr. Bryson always a keen captained the cricket, rugby and swimming teams, Returning to China in that year, he became ofücer in charge of the medical service of {he Syndicate on the Tao Ching Railway at Chiaotso, Honan, and eight years later, namely 1914, went to Peking where he. acted. asthe physician for late Yuan Shih-kai and his besides occupying several adviserships with the Chinese Govermment He remained ihere until the following year when he offered his services to the Crown, going to France where he served as a surgical specialist, obtaining the ME. before he left the army in 1919 in which year he returned to China and joined the Jackson firm, with whom he has been ever since. goods to be sent to the interior under Chungking's control, or abroad. The new order aims at completely boycotting Japanese imitation Chinese goods or half Japanese goods.

carrying out this economic the chamber before -exporting their goods giving all details in regard to origin of raw ion. are requi, send a report telling ju detail about the: supply or fow materials, production and -distribution of their goods to their respective trade asso-dations every 1) days so as to enable the latter.to make detailed monthly reports on activities of their member Chamber.. These "Amongst his other activities locally it will be recalled that for ten years he: served with ihe Health Committee of the S.M.C, was a member of the important Hospital Commission, served for ten years with the Lester Hospital and a similar term as one 0f ihe governors of the General Hospital, also doing work with the Red-Cross Hospital and the refugee camps.

It is interesting to-learn that during his rugby experience he played with the Harlequins, and for North. ampton and Bedford, playing witn A.D. Stoop,' the well-known' Rugby player. During the Coronation Year, Dr. Bryson was president of the local St. Andrews Society, He was also for 20 years a member. of the Northern Lodge of Free Masons.

His many friends will greatly regret his retirement from active. work in Shanghai, and so wil be many patients who have benefitted under his skilled attention. become null and void in case of fraud or delay in sending the above mentioned reports, If will be rebaWet that recently Chinese native goods: manufacturers in Shanghai were much perturbed by the reports that hereafter an native goods made in Shanghai will be forbidden to be sent to the interior or abroad. It would. appear that Chungking feared that ab rany Chinese factories had been taken coe p the Japanese or forced to business in foreign. areas here only.

Bus Kills Chinese A Chinese pedestrian was knocked down and y a motor-bus at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the intersection of Sinza and Stone Bridge Roads.

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