RELIGION, RESEARCH, THE ARTS, SPORT
in Hong Kong with special reference to the disturbances of intra-hepatic circulation produced and their relation- ship to the occurance of portal hypertension and ascites. Other studies include investigations of the fibrinolytic activity of the plasma in hepatic disease, and of the haematological findings in tropical splenomegaly and the mechanism involved.
Various problems relating to the toxaemias of pregnancy and the clinical and pathological aspects of Hydatidiformole and Chorionepithelioma are being studied in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaeco- logy. The Department of Surgery has been conducting clinical research in problems relating to cirrhosis of the liver and cholangitis and in the surgical treatment of peptic ulcer. Experimental research has also been carried out in conjunction with the Department of Physiology into problems related to pressure changes in health and disease in the stomach and ureter. Other research projects of the Department of Physiology include the metabolism of vitamin E, the paper electrophoresis study of haemoglobins, various aspects of racial physiology and the preparation and action of extracts of enlarged spleens. In the Department of Pathology, research has continued in the anatomical studies on carcinoma of the nasopharyngeal tract, incidence of intestinal parasites, especially clonorchis sinensis, various aspects of leprosy, anatomical studies in tuberculosis of the lungs, and the development of primary carcinoma of the liver and its relationship with clonorchiasis.
The Department of Civil Engineering is conducting an investigation on transient analysis of electric net- work. Experimental work is still awaiting the delivery
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