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All Due To Defoe
A traveller who has just return- ed to England from Chile visited Juan Fernandez, the lonely island on whleb Alexander Selkirk was and for four years marooned which furnished Defoe with the setting for his "Robinson Crusoe."TT
HIGH TRIBUTES TO SPAHLINGER
A LONELY FIGHT FOR
NOBLE WORK
BELATED RECOGNITION
(By Capt. Victor A. Cazalet, M.P.)
Often Ridiculed
may well be asked why 1, asham-which is the centre of the The island or rather group of Jayman, entirely ignorant of milk industry. islanda-is not so lunely to-day; It medical knowledge, should have
Even if these reasons were not belongs to Chile, is inhabited and undertaken to make the following' has flourishing langouste indus-observations about a work dealing to themselves sufficient to interest asme in Spahlinger's work, there was try.
with such a technical subject asset, tuberculosis. Its greatest commercial
one other, which to me was even. however, is the Robinson Crusoe My reason is simply this. For more attractive. I began to learn legend.
ten years or more I have followed for the first time what misrepre The shipping companies now the work of Mr. Spahlinger. Never sentation, abuse and calumny could run a four-day round trip from once. during that time, have I do to ruin a man whose life-work Valparaiso, dud tourists leap At doubted that he had something that was devoted to trying to help his the chance of trending where Man was of real value to give to the fellow-creatures. Friday trod.
Asleep In The Deep
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world.
The publication of "Spahlinger 1908-1934" Contra Tuberculosis,
Like many other inventors, discoverers and benefactors, Spahlinger has
received
more
than his full share of ridiculo and obstruction.
To have visited his institute and
The arrival in the roadstead is (John Bale, Sons & Danielssons, celebrated with the same ceremony 12s. 6d.), edited by Sir Lynden | Dr. C. W. Saleeby, as "crossing the line." Synthetic Macassey and glamour is provide in lavish doses. amply confirms the opinion I form-seen his relations with the animals upon whom he performer his ex-- Robinson Crusoe, Man Friday ed ten years ago.
For something approaching thirty periments was a revelation of how and the dog come on board. A brisk business is done in Robin-years Henry Spablinger has been they can be used without introduc- waging a lonely battle against coning any of the painful practices so son Crusoe walking-sticks.
student often associated with vivisection.
The chief attraction of the trip sumption. As a medical is the ascent to Alexander Selkirk's he found himself unable to continue To have read articles accusing "Look Out." On a clear day one with a course of study which in-Spahlinger of almost every crime, direct cruelty to living and specifically stating "Încts" can sec the hulk of the German volved
were obviously without cruiser Dresden, which was sunk animals in the laboratory, In con-which
he never obtained a foundation, was a revelation of how in the roadstead by the Kent and sequence,
far professional bitterness and the Glasgow three months after diploma at Geneva.
misrepresentation could go. the Battle of the Falkland Islands. There is another link with the may become over-fearful about Dresden. A survivor of the Ger- its health, and what is termed a man crew still lives on the island. "health conscience" of a people He is a langouste fisherman now. Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 20, 1934 is really "disease consciousness."
The Match Is A Hundred
The China Mail
Health And Fear
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What Calamay Can Do
Perhaps it was these very cir
He achieved a brilliant success cumstances that made me and many in the Bar examinations, but his others, wholly unassociated with the Interest remained fixed on bac-medical profession, determine to to seeing teriology. He worked, and experi- make our contribution At the same time he wisely dis-
mented alone, his only assistant, at that fair play was given to Mr. Arst, being his father's chauffeur, Spahlinger. tinguishes between environmen
A London matchseller has the In 1912 he discovered a means of Limit Of Spahlinger's Claims tal hygiene and individual health
The volume bears overwhelming propaganda. The latter may be instinct of salesmanship highly caring fifteen cases of tuberculosis
n tray bears Jout of 17 among guinea-pigs, and testimony from numerous authori- But the former, which is the notice calling attention to the fact the subsequent development of his ties to the efficacy of Spahlinger's Do we suffer from unhealthy come "useless and mischievous," developed. His fears for our health? Are we business of the public health ser- that this year is the centenary of researches convinced him that he work. Among them are the late becoming a race of hypochon-vices, deserves the fullest sup-the match.
had found a method of arresting Col. Arthur Lynch, M.D., Sir Bruce These and allied ques-port of all doctors. And it may It was, in fact, not until 1834 tuberculosis and of immunising Bruce-Porter, Dr. Edmond Lardy, tions have been raised by Dr. Ro-be noted here that the new Lon-that matches came into general cattle and children from its ravages. Professor A. Larne, Dr. Camille
of the introduction bert Hutchinson, the well-known don County Council, which ad-use.
phos. physician to the London Hospi- ministers the greatest health or phorus into their manufacture tal, in a recent article in the ganisation of its kind in the having minimised the hitherto con-: world. contains no less than siderable perils of spontaneous
combustion, seven doctora.
driacs?
en-
Conference held
His first cure-a surgical case] Savoire and Dr. Leonard Willams.
The story as told in this book of -was performed in 1912, Sub- sequently a large number of his the patience and self-sacrifice on "British Medical Journal"
patients have recovered, after the part of Spahlinger and his In- titled "Hypochondriasis:
their cases had been dismissed family for an ideal is well worth own sake. The dividual. Vicarious, and Com-!
Dr. Hutchinson suggests that The match first received atten-
as hopeless by the medical pro-reading for its munal."
evidence, documented and quoted fession. Its views had already the prevalent hypochondriasis is tion from the League of Nations
a variety of sources, all raised considerable general inter-due to the philosophy of the age. in 1919, when the first Inter Violent controversies have raged from
and recognised widely us est when they had been present and "especially of an exagger national Labour
authorities on their subjects, must, ed in a popular address on "Theated fear of life and a decay of under the League's auspices con-as to the value of his vaccines and known
an appeal to any Pursuit of Health" at the British belief in a Divine providence."İsidered the advisability of forbid-serums.
Financial difficulties have imped-I think, make Medical Association meeting in This point has been stressed by ding the use of white, instead of
Snances have Mr. Spahlinger does not claim to Winnipeg in 1930, and now they the Eriglish "Church Times" in red, phosphorus in its manufac-ed his work, and the whole of the reasonable and unprejudiced reader.
Spahlinger family's have aroused the attention of a striking leading article entitled ture.
been sacrificed to his great taek.day, and never has claimed, to have the Press and the public in Eng-The Return of Fear," based
The Spahlinger Institute at Geneva found the secret of the elixir of land. And the points Dr. Hut-upon Dr. Hutchinson's article. It
begin-life. What he has done is to make has developed from small chinson raises are equally per is a fruitful suggestion which
nings into an elaborate organisation a real contribution to tinent here in Hong Kong. He deserves the serious considera-
of the enemies of defines "hypochondriasis" BB tion of all. As Mr. Chesterton
An Arctic explorer declares that using the most delicate apparatus. coming of one
In a recent test upon cattle in mankind, and to give demonstrable "any morbid interest in or over has vividly pointed out, the the greatest privation in the frozen Nerthern Ireland, it has been shown proof of the efficacy of his treaf- anxiety about health." The gen-principle of "Take no thought wastes is the impossibility of tak-that bis preventive vaccine appears ment and of his prophylactic for eral hypochondriac, the man who what ye shall eat or what shalling bath. This probably ex- to provide 100 per cent. Immunity securing purity of the national fusses about his health and is
ye drink" is "superlatively good plains the average small boy's am- from tuberculosis. The present milk supply. always convinced that he is suf hygiene... If a man is bent on bition to become an explorer. fering from some complaint or la climbing just about to contract a disease, heaven, he may be quite easy Legal Comment
the
Nothing came of it.
Your Daily Smile!
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The following quotations from testimonies from cured consump-recognised authorities should, is common everywhere. Every about the pores of his skin."
"The law is hard and cold." we tives, and enthusiastic commenda-maintain, command the attention
tions from eminent doctors who of everyone interested in general practitioner knows him And Stevenson has summed the read. Just-ice, in fact.
or her very well indeed. Not whole business up in “Aes Trip-
have had persons! experience of the subject.
(Continued on Page 3) Spahlinger treatment and are in a so common is the "nosophobe,"
lex:" "It is the first part of
book assembles facts and figures,
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PAINFUL DIALOGUE
who runs in daily fear of some intelligence to recognise our "I simply love bornes." particular disease - cancer, a precarious eatate in life, and the "Is that why you ride them with pendicitis, "blood pressure," or first part of courage not to be at both arms round their necks?" whatever happens to be the polall abashed before the fact." The pular dread of the day. But the best way to be healthy is not to Catty class of crank or health faddist think about your health.
is an increasing one. Sometimes
the only way to become healthy
is to drink "Russian culture. Our Circumnavigators
Another time it is to concentrate
on certain vitamins or to prac-
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"I've just come from the Beauty Specialist, dear."
What a pity they were closed. darling.".
position to judge of its efficacy.
I must confess that, from the
point of view of medicine, I had, THOUGHT CLOTHING
WAS FREE.
Lau Kwok-yee and Wong Kwong
and bave, little if any interest in Mr. Spablinger's serums and vac- cines. The fact that he was en- abled to help many friends of mine Theft From Rev. Allen's
Residence. was of course, a natural reason that I should be interested both in the man and in his work. What, Recently the Empress of Bri-
*SUBURBAN SILHOUETTE however, immediately appealed toj tise nudity or take "sun-cures." tain returned from her third
"I'm so terribly worried about me was his attitude towards the were charged before. Mr. E. L at. the Kowloon Strenuous physical exercise
my husband.”
disease generally, and in particular Wynne Jones may also become a health fad,yage round the world, adding
"You always were one to worry the possibilities of developing his Magistracy this morning for the methods for the prevention of theft of clothing from the Rev. and there may be much truth in one more sheaf to the number of
our circumnavigators. Since the over nothing, dear.”
E. L. Allen's residence at No. 2 the suggestion of "Punch" that end of the war big ships of lux-
tubercle in cattle. "If the whole of England were toury have been able to supply Wedding Warble
This attitude was never merely Jondan Road. concentrate to-morrow on being more than the demand on the
"Why do you object to my en- one of "How can I eure an indivi- Owing to lack of evidence Wong Kwong, was At the result would be far more regular trade routes, and count-gagement, daddy? Is it my youth?" dual at any given moment?" but against him,
"How can I ensure to him an discharged, but Lau, Kwok-yea less cruises have put a girdle' terrible than a general strike."
"Yes, dear. He's hopeless," | And fears for health may exist round the world.
absence of the disease, not only in who said that he saw a man com- the heights of the Swiss mountains, ing out of the house with clothing house-his work and livelihood must be took some for himself, was sen-
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STABLEMENUS
cure is the basis of his outlook.
"In regard to cattle, there is much controversy to-day concerning the
APANESE FINED
not for oneself but for others, If travel enlarges the mind, CRASH OF CROCKERY the fears of parents for children, never had the human race 90 "It's just one dam Min after an- but back again in London, where in his arms, so he went in and for instance The modern parmany expanded brains. Odys-other," as the Chinese ents often take their children seas, though he boasted that he wife complained to the careless found?" Prevention rather than tonced to six weeks hard labour. very seriously. But, asks Dr. had seen elties and men, was Amaid 600 years ago." Hutchinson shrewdly, “Are mere constal tripper to these children really any healthier thousands of peregrinators who than they were Are they as have followed stout Cortez to a "The modern racehorse is pam- axtent and the intensity of infec full of vitality? Are they, in peak in Darien, and know exactly pered as regards his food,” detion in milk. Whatever may be
Summmned for failing, to comply word, as good animals, I gravely how the dawn comes up like clares an authority, Courses for the truth, it does not need any doubt it. More and more the thunder out of China,
Some horses!.. -
great medical knowledge to realise with a notice by the Sanitary modern child seems to me to four months on the. Empress of
that if all milk drunk by children Board, served on May 29, to ebata suffer from lack of appetite, Britain or another of the tail from poor digestion, and from ships that go down by Panama of them took three years or so could be made free from infectious the occurrence of mosquito larvae, unstrung nerves; and what I am and Suez bring them back for his cruise. Yet in one thing germs, a great contribution would Mr. N. libowoka, of the Grove, No. convinced he needs above every though they traverse 30,000 we suspect Anson and Drake be made to the health of the chil-108 McDonnell Road, thing else is more neglect. And miles and more. Where is the beat the shrewdest of our cir-dren, and also to the prosperity of manager of the Mitani Bussan. Gage Al Kasaha, Ltd., was fined $10, by Mr. finally, to complete his indict glory of Francis Drake, or cumnavigators, Anson brought agriculture. ment, the famous physician as Anson in his Centurion, or Capt. back half multon, and Drake Incidentally, I represent In Par-W. Hamilton at the Central
llaments constituency Chiappen Magistracy this morning. serts that a whole community Cook with his Endeavour 7: Each million and a half,
and