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MEDICINE
THE CHINA MAIL,
MONEY AND SHARES
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1929.
Wellington
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74, Queen's Road, Central.
G. FALCONER & CO., (HONG KONG) LTD. WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS
DIAMOND MERCHANTS.
Union Building (Opposite G.P.O.)
“Agense for?-ADMIRALTY CHARTS, ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Manufacturwa,
High Class English Jewellery, ́
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A Fresh shipment just received.
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PIGEON
31
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$1.50 each
$1.10
.35
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""
.50
$1.00
19
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THE IDEAL SEWING MACHINE FOR THE HOME
HAID & NEU
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All Spare parts in Stock. For further particulars apply to
BITZER & CO.
'Queen's Building,
Ice House Street, 2nd floor.
Tel. C. 4655. Sole Importers for Hong Kong & South China.
SKILLED WORK
IN
DRY-CLEANING AND DYEING.
INTRODUCTORY OPENING RATES.
GREAT REDUCTIONS
* PROMPT SERVICE
At FINISH
NEW DEPOT
32, Wyndham Street,
(Glenealy Building).
SUN HOW WAH CO.
華,巧 新
DRY-CLEANERS AND DYERS.
Established 1913.
495, Nathan Road (Yaumati). Tel. K. 824.
232, Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 5787. 75, Queen's Road C. 32, Wyndham Street.
Ho Tung Bldg., Queen's Road C.
KAIPING HOUSEHOLD COAL
to
In Lots of not less than 1/2-ton Delivered Peak District (above Bowen, Road), $25.00 per ton. Delivered Bowen Road and Lowor Lovels, $21.00 per ton.'
to
Delivered to Pokfulum Road,・・ $23.00 per ton.
Delivered
#r
Kowloom, $19,00
pès, ton.
11. drders should be sent in writ-
ing at least 24
hours before
the Coal is r8« quired.
All orders must be accom-" ̈panied by Cash, Cheque, or CompradorÉ- Order payable to "The Kaflan Mining Ad- miubitration.”
THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION.
Head Office: TIENTSIN, DODWELL & CO., LTD., Agents, Hong Kong.
CHOY HEONG
MANUFACTURER OF PRESERVED GINGER AND
Established For
Offices No. 90, Bonham Stra Factory:14. Shan Chu
mes
THE POINTS OF THE -PROFESSION
A REVIEW
[Continued from Yesterday]
On London
TT. de London
Bank, wire.
2/-
78
Bank, on demand ....... 2/-1/18 Bank, 30 days" sight. Bank, 4 months' sight 2/- 1⁄4 Cradits 4 months"
sight
Banks
·
T.T. on "Shangha!
Hong Kong Bank $1850s 1840 sa
Drink more
good milk
| H.K. London. Reg.
+£1471⁄2‚n
÷
'Chartered Bank
2/1
Mercantile A, & B. -
2/1 %
Mercantile C
#2214 b ..234 n .£14
P, & O. Bank
..29% n
On Paris-
1242
Bank of East Asia
.$89. b
4
On Berlin-
months'
Insurancea
1817
Canton Insurance
$682 b.
Union Insurance
..$370 D
North China Insurance
.T160 b
Yangtze Insurance.......M850. n.
484%
China Underwriters...
$24 a
China Fire Insurance H.K. Fire Insurance
.$280 b
.$785 Д
138
Shipping
193
On Calcutta- Wire...
Douglases
.$972 8
H.K. Steamboats
139
.8278
138
H.K. Tugs & Lighters
..$1.40, n
· Indo-Chinas (Pref.)
$50 b
86%
Indo-Chinas (Def.)
.890 n
Shell Transports
.967- n
97%
Shell Transports (now) Union Water-boats
.93/n
.$24 m
7814
Mining
Benguets
.$2.40 b
Kailan Mining Ad.
.70/- n
Langkats (Comb.)
Til b
106%
Langkats (Single)
.T6 n
Shanghai Explorations
.T2.90 b
Shanghai Loans
..$3.10 b
Raubs ....
.851 ¤
Tronoh Mines
..17/6 n
On Manha
Additional degrees and diplo-Documentary 4 months.
are important factors in sight securing election to the visiting staff of a large hospital, and a few on demand remarks about them may be made Credits, here. Beyond the qualifications,
*sight such as Bachelor or Licentiate, which admit to the "Medical On demand Register," most of the licensing
On New York- bodies bestow higher titles, such
On demand as Doctor, Master, or Fellow, after Credits, 60 days' sight 501⁄4
On Bombay further tests. A considerable num-] ber of those who have graduated
Wire... M.B., including many general: On demand practitioners, proceed later to the doctorate, and the possession of an M.D. degree is certainly advan-On demand tageous to anyone in consulting -On Singapore~~
On demand..... medical practice. When applying for the post of physician to a hos. pital it is always useful, and may be obligatory, to hold also the Membership of one of the three Royal Colleges of Physicians, ac- cording to the part of the British Isles in which the hospital is situated. So, too, the Fellowship of one of the three Royal Colleges of Surgeons should be obtained by those seeking surgical appoint- ments, and the degree of Master of Surgery la an added distinction. Bar Silver in Hong There are also diplomas in # Kong growing number of special Copper Cash branches of work-such as public Chinese Copper Cents 6% Prem. health, tropical medicine, ophthal-Rate of Native In- mology, laryngology, radiology, tuberculosis, and paychological Chinese Sub, Coin. 30% dis. medicine which are superfluous Hong Kong Sub, Coin Par.
for most practitioners, but useful
or even indispensable for those who intend to devote themselves to one or other of these subjects. It should perhaps be noted here that of the many diplomas in special subjects grant- ed by licensing bodies only those in public health, sanitary science, and State medicine are nt present admissible for entry in the official "Medical Register," though other special diplomas may, of course, be included among the particulars of qualification in the "Medical Directory," published by Messrs. J. and A. Churchill.
A comparatively new feature of medical life, more especially seen in the larger industrial towns of the North of England, is the pre- sence of a growing number of general practitioner specialists, who combine ordinary panel prac- tise with much surgical or other special work in well-equipped local hospitals which admit patients In different categories according to their means. Though the fees are small compared with those earn- ed by operating surgeons and specialists in London, the work is by no means unremunerative, and it adds a great deal to the Interest of the daily round.
On demand
'On Shanghai— On demand
30 day's sight (private
paper)
On Yokohama On demand
Gold Leaf, 100 Ane Sovereigns (Bank's
(per tael) ...
Silver (per oz.)
buying rate)... 9.80
26.1/16
terest
2% Prem
Nominal
... 7% P..
LONDON EXCHANGES.
Paris
London, Yesterday,
124.10
New York ........ 4.84 31/32 Brussels
34.91 Geneva
25.22 Amsterdam
Milan
·Berlin
Docks, Wharves, Godówns, &c. H.K, & K. Wharves.....$1321⁄2 b H.K & W. Docks
..$40% n
China Providents.....85 b 5.20 s Hongkaws
New Engineerings
Shanghai Docks ...
Cotton Mills
..T164 b
.....T5 n .T106 b
Ewa Cottons T12.90 b 13.10 6 13 sa Oriental Cottona.........T2.20 N Shanghai Cottons (Old) .T851⁄2 b Shanghai Cottons (New) ..T32 b Lands, Hotels & Buildings H.K. & S. Hotele ...$9 b 9 a H.K. Lands ...
....$65 m Shanghai Lands
T165 b Humphreys, Estates.....$14.80 b H.K. Realties .$8.46 b 8.70 8 HK. Territorials Prince's Buildings
12.09%
92.70
20.40/2
Stockholm
18.14
Public Utilities H.K. T'ways
Copenhagen Oslo Vienna Prague
18.18
Peak Trams (old)
18.19
Peak Trams (now)
34.53
Star Ferries.
1634
Helsingfors
19234
Madrid
29.68
109
China Lights (new)
376
8072
Lisbon
Athena
Bucharest Rio.... Buenos Aires Bombay Shanghal !. Hong Kong Yokohama Silver Spot Silver Forward ...
5 29/32
47.15/32
1/6 1/82 2/6/4
42036 bị
...$13. B
.86.30 n
..$738
China Lights (comb.) ...
China Lights (old)...$12 b 12 s
China Lights 1928 issue.
H.K. E'trics (old) ....
E'tric (new)
Macao Electrics
[12.10 sá
,$54 -sa $52% D ........526% b
..$6.90 za old
[6.80 n. new
..$11 b
11/6 a
Singapore Pref. ....17/5 b 18/3 a
HK. Telephones
2
China Buses
1/10 15/82
Singapore Tractions
Sandakan Lts.
..$5 n
Industrials
$1 b .$281⁄2 -b .$34 n
26 1/16 26 3/16 -British Wireless Service.
under the first Medical Act. A family doctor of the kind that is well styled the backbone of the profession" holds an excellent position among his neighbours, and is the friend and confidant as
.$0.70 b 10 ́S
China Sugars Malabon Sugars Canton Ices Cements (comb.) Cements (old)
$7.80 n Cements (new).
.$1 b H.K. Ropes (old) Hong Kong Ropes (new)..6.85 b .$0.90 1
United Asbestos
$5 n Stores, &c.
$21 .$18.10 13.30 s .80 cta. b .$3.05 n
$20 ni
.89% b $3.65 n
Financial and Social Aspécts The pecuniary disadvantages of medicine as a profession are the long and costly training, the time of waiting after qualification be well as, the medical adviser of fore the practitioner can count many of his patients. Many men Dairy Farms upon an adequate income, and the go further, and take a leading Watsons heavy working expenses in pro-part in the public life of their Der A. Wings portion to his gross earnings. On district. There are conspicuous Lane, Crawforda the other hand, the medical pro- instances within our knowledge of slackintoshs fession affords a fairly certain the good work in this direction Sinceres ... means of livelihood, with unrival- that has been accomplished dur Wm. Powells..... led opportunities for the exering an arduous
professional cise of the highest intellectua! career.
Miscellaneous A proof of the special Hong Kong Amusements .$271⁄2 powers in the service of others. value of a medical training is the Hong Kong. Constructions $1 n The counterpart of the briefless way in which it fits men for lead- B. Ind. G. Bonds barrister is practically unknownership among their fellows.
...68% n H.K. Govt. Loans 5% a Prem. In medicine. But while no doctor Professional Organization who is willing and able to work It is a sound rule of conduct need starve, it should be clearly that the new practitioner should grasped by all who think of adopt-associate himself as cordially as Association, held in large medical ing it as a career that medicine possible with neighbouring col- centres, many opportunities for is a path to fortune only for the leagues. The spirit of comrade keeping abreast of new work in few, and anyone who enters it ship, which contributes so much medicina and for friendly inter- with the sole idea of making to the value and happiness of un- course with colleagues.' Ons other money has mistaken his calling, dergraduate study, should be pre- thing that no new graduate should The distinguishing feature of served, both for its own sake and fall to do is to join immediately liberal profession in contrast with because, 'In these days no doctor, one of the professional societies a trade is that it is followed more whatever his position or the ua- which for a small yearly sum un- for the general good than for in-tare. of his work, can safely dertake individual, legal defence dividual profit; the main reward stand aside from his fellows. In of their members. It is sheer of the medical life is the knowdividuals and isolated groups of foliy to put this off, even for a ledge of good work well done, practitioners are always handicap- day. The need for protection may Whatever the branch of medical ped when they attempt to defond arise out of the first case attend- work chosen, there are few doc their interests against organized ed in hospital or in private prac tors who become what a business bodies, whether these are Govern- tice. B
man would consider even moder- ment departments, local author- The British Medical Association ately rich by the practice of their ities, or bodies of workmen.
In was founded in 1882 to promote profession. Yet, if medicine, from the ordinary course of work the the medical sciences and to main- the financial point of view, offers individual doctor is well able to tain the honour and interests of to the majority little more than deal with, the individual patient the profession. The
Asso- the means
of livelihood, in its and the patient's friends, but heciation, with Branches throughout social and intellectual aspects the cannot hope to engage successful- the British Empire and a member- prospect is far brighter. The ly in single combat with outside ship of more than 84,000, is the practitioner's lot is unlike that of organizations. Apart, however, only body that can act for the many whose common business from such motives of self-interprofession as a whole and speak gives little scope to the higher est, every one of us owes a duty in its name. The record of faculties of the mind; for it is his to his profession, and the man minety-six years work shows that duty and his privilege to live in, who holds himself alboz from Fla vocational organization wisely and by, the constant exercise of brethren falls in that city and by directed, can combine service for bis Intellectual powers. Moreover, so much lessens thepower and
pers, with service for the
the culture which once belonged dignity of medicine Medical men
to the physician alone has spread and women must therefore
into all ranks of the profession themselves, together, and the
The steady Improvement in the step after registrat education, general as well as to beco
technical, of the practi
added much tô,
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factors in K
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