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FRIDAY OCTOBER
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WAITING THEAK HOURS FOR A GAME
The following is from a recent London paper
The following melancholy confession of his troubles with his conscience has been sent to me by a medical practitioner, after reading recent articles in the Truth on cancer and cancer research. Should any other medical reader feel moved to A visit to London's public golf course proscribe for him, I shall be pleased to at Richmond Park afforded striking forward the advice gratis-En. Tristi.] | evidence of the demand that exists for
I am a doctor and I am in a dreadful municipal golf in England. way have doubts grave doubts To make a clear breast of it I suspect modern medicine is all rut Think of it! Modern Medicine top
The first two players drove off at 8,15 an, and by 7.30 am 6 players were on the course, the official starter hai taken up bis position in his "nox, and the golf stream had begun to dow in earnest,
The most wonderful thing about the golfing habitués of Richmond Park is their patience. With stoic philosophy they wait between two and three hours for their turn to begin play
At: 11.20 nm. 340 tickets had been issued and only 180 of the purchasers had been able to start. There were thus 185 awaiting their turns, and it was certain that, aven at the quicker possible rate of getting them away, a good many bad at least three hours to spend in subdued
There is a conspiracy of silence. Every hundred years or so an honest I haston to say intellectually bonest-doctor arises, and gives tongue. He says that there is really only one disease, consti- well, in motoring parlanco, choked or haust and that if we doctors could cure that, there would be precious few dia eases left to bother humanity. (I should say here, I have no financial interest in Curem's Salts, tasteless in tripe, or any other, laxative. I wish I had ]} But be fore the LH. dostor can get tha: public' interested and let it know the truth the pack-ho. I withdraw that the Profes-expectation sion are down on him, and before you a large number practised shots with can say, “ knife (still loss scalpel) balls made of wool or tork. Others, he is outed-tom to perishing ribbons having taken their tickets, went away for No daraning with nint praise, or any
two or three hours, knowing that they fooling about like that. The Profession would be back in time to take their simply pronounce that Doctor Truthful is places. This scheme suits the family
so devoid of brains that he is incapable parties, of whom several were in evi-
of understanding the mysterious depthsdence. and difficulties in the unravelling of all the multifold wtiological factors, din- theses, environmental circumstances, etc., necessary to the formulation of a diag nosis, and so reaching the appropriate exhibition of therapeutical measures.
After this. Dr. Truthfal takes the count" And the Profession continues to profess, mod
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Now, I bólieve the Dr. Truthfuls, are right, but I dare not say an. It is much as my place is worth, believe me. or believe me not. The Seufpel would FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL arise and curse me. The Journal of the
British Sedulo-Medical Association would dama vie. And what Harley Street would say No, no. It can't be done. I can't face it
A curious thing is that when I express my conviction to laymen they listen with interest. They say. Of course common sense! Stands to reason if your engine's got a choked exhaust, it must go to pot in no time. Bung up your cylinders-loss of power, pre-ignition, dificulty in start- ing, climbing ability diminished, exces sive fuel consumption for even slow-run- “ning-a dozën discases" before, you know where you are. Samte in the human body, or any other "body" or engine, I've not the slightest doubt. ・It's an engine, îsa't it? Diferent kind of spark, that's all
Even as to that I don't know.. Is the spark, even, different
In my trouble I sometimes take my courage in both hands and go to my distinguished eonftèro in Harley Street- an old college chun
I call in the evening-sce him alone I say * ́** Look here, old man!. It's ani awful ramp, you know! All these thon sand and one diseases, and the ridicul- ons high-falutin names we give 'em All we've got to do is to learn how to cure consti- No, don't interrupt! We can't do anything of the sort otherwise why are there millions of people suffering from it? If they didn't need to suffer from it that is to say, if we or any other huda could cure it, do you think people would go on suffering? Don't be an asẽ, old thing! I beg your pardon, but let mo have my say-pohody can hear us. Well, it stands to reason, if people have their cylinders choked up all their life, they must go wrong, behave wrongly," all over the place. And if we can't care their consti. No, don't humbug with ue! We can't, otherwise people wouldn't make for tant, ou
on
and you wouldn't he so-bard. Well, I say, if we can't cure jolly "old Intestinal Stasis, to give it its go ashore name, what's the use of pretending we can cure any of its results? Oh. talk sense, old Ind! You don't seriously mean to say it's quite "natural and salubrious to have the old trouble all our lives.". I know that's what the profession tell people, bat, really, between ourselves, Duw 1"
He looks at me in a pitying kind of way, and I subside into his best chair, limp. It isn't all beer being a Bolshi, believe me.men
He speaks. My dear chap, have you rend Dojerumpt. On the Psychoneuro- pseudo-splenico Diathesia, its Prophylaxis and Therapeusis, with an Introduction by M. le Docteur Cooee, the author of Le Toshe I thought upt." (In side still farther in the chair.) · ́ ́ ́ You sec, my dear chap, you mustn't think you can apply common sense to the problems that confront Modern Medicine, and that
dely our best efforts." (Hero be runt,
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
MEETING of Tur Hoxoxose BOXING AS OCATION will be held at Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD. & Board Room on TUESDAY, THE 30TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1903, at 5.15 r., for the following purposes
1-To receive the General Committee's Report and Statement of Accounts for the year, ending the 30th day of June,
Z-To elect Chairman, Vice Chairman. Official Referee, Manager, Secretary and Treaurer, and The General Committee for the year 1993-1994.
-To appoint an Auditor.
By Onder of the General Committee, GEORGEG, N..TINSON,
Hon. Secretary & Treasurer. Hongkong, 23rd Lctober, 1923. [1463
NOTICE.
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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
THE SECONIE ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in the above · Company will be held at the Company's Town Office, LOWER ALBERT ROAD Hongkong, so MONDAY, STU DAT OF NOVEMBER, 1923, at Noor, for the purpose of presenting the Report of the Directors and Statement of Accounts to 31ST JULY, 1993, 20 will be CLOSED from 29TH OCTOBER to The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company bra NOVEMBER, 1993, both days inclusive,
"By Order of the Board of Directors, 27
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bis delicate fingers, through his long hair.) LADIES' COMMITTER, MOUTRITI, ANDERBON ́S
It is not quite so simple, my dear and Tus Engineer's InstituLK.
chap.
Then he drags me out of his chair, helps me on with my coat, keeps an eye on his umbrella, and shows me out. "Good-night, old chup."*
Now, who's going to help me off the hors of the dilemma I daren't move. myself Ima doctor,
you
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