HE CHINA MALL, DECEMBER 18, 1937.
DOCTOR RADIO SAVES LIVES AT SEA
ROUND BRITISH COASTS
From a dozen stations in Great Advice can be given in my lan- Britain and Ireland, "Doctor Radio" guage, thanks to a special interna- is now available to give expert me- tional code, while ship's captains are dical advice in cases of emergency to lable with the "Manual of First Aid” any of the hundreds of ships around to describe injuries or symptoms - in the shores of England that carry no correct medical language. doctor on board.
- Doctor's calls rank as an SOS, and Only in the bigger liners is a ship's all other radio transmissions stops. doctor to be found. Cargo vessels Ships are charged for Doctor Ra- and small passenger steamers on dio services — but consultation or- short runs carry a medicine chest in dinarily costs no more than five or the personal charge of the captain, ten shillings, according to class of who has to doctor any cases of sick-ship.
"ness or injury as best he can.
Doctor Radio's "practice" is grow-
Thanks to wireless, he can now ing The number of cases this year call up a doctor from anywhere at is likely to be double those of last sea. Doctors are instantly available year.
day and night, and their advice giv-
en over the radio has saved many lives.
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When a mishap occurs radio mes- sages flash question and answer to and from the doctor sitting in his surgery and the master of the ship hundreds of miles from shore.
Television from ship to shore may, in the future, enable the doctor to
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throughout the world and foreign well wishers of China who have donated Television from shore to ship admirable cause of War Relief in time, money and energy towards the
would also enable the doctor to de-China, the China Information Service monstrate the treatment he pre- proposes to publish a China War Be-
Gef Album per m scribes.
"PLEASE KEEP LOOKOUT
Already television broadcasts from Alexandra Palace, in North London, have been picked up by ships at sea. Wherever possible, serious cases are brought ashore. But on the high ́seas, where ships are hundreds of miles from any land, urgent life-or- death operations in cases of acute appendicitis, for example - have been performed by ship's captains, working on a doctor's radio instruc- tions
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Early this year, a Norwegian steamer, bound for Barrow-in-Fur- ness, called Wick Radio, in the far north of Scotland, asked to be met by a doctor at a rendezvous in the Shetland Islands.
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The first message was received at five in the morning. By seven o'clock, Wick Radio reported: "Doc" tor is proceeding to your position by lifeboat. Please keep look-out for her"
In those two hours, Scotland had got busy with land lines and radio. From Wick went an alarm call to Lerwick, and in the next few minutes -messages were put through to doc
tor, nurse, lifeboat and hospital
Even after the lifeboat had put to sea, Wick Radio still maintained con- tact by radio telephony.
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The Album, which will appear in January will contain articles relating to the methods. taken to alleviate the sufferings of the Chinese wounded sol illustrated with diers and the war refugees. It will be special war photo- graphs hitherto unpublished by staff photographers of the China Informa- tion Service. A special feature of the Album will be the part played by thej. various relief associations in Hong Kong and Canton.
For the Art Cover that will be used the Editorial Board has decided to or
ganise a competition for the selection of the best design submitted by the az tists of Canton and Hong Kong
The judges of the competition for the Art Cover will be well known per- sonages in Canton and Hong Kong Their names will be announced later.
The theme of the Art Cover will be "Humanity Helps China." The points taken for judgment will be (1) Sim- plicity (2) Practicality, (3) Composi tion. The title "The China War Be- lief Album" must be included in the design for the Art Cover.
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There will be three prizes for the All entries first three best entries. must be submitted by the 31st Decem- ber, 1937. They may be sent to the editorial offices of this newspaper, to the Hong Kong Agency of the China Information Service, Bank of Canton-Building, 2nd floor, 6 Des Voeux Road Central -
The winning drawings will be hibited in some prominent place in Canton and Hong Kong
All entries to be addressed to the Hong Kong Agency, China Information Service-The Art Cover Competition.
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