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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18TH, 1924
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MEDICAL HISTORY
"THE LANCET ***
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Throughout its record of 100 years, The Lanett may claim to have worthily recorded medical accomplishment and re lected medical opinion. No greater tri bata could have been paid to the servico it has rendered in "the whole range of
may to surgeons, and the profcasion had been surprised to learn that the pancreas was a sugar-making gland. If he were speaking in the House of Commons, he thought he would be right in saying with emphasis: Gentlemen, I can assure you that the discovery of insulin has raid the cost of human sugar to the producer." (Laughter.)
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aished men who attended the dinner giveil, coal-tar, perhaps to And a drug which in celebration of the journal's centenary, could be obtained and made as easily nur- by the medical profession at the Hotel chasable and easy to take as aspirin, and Victoria on November 29th, at which every then they would be conferring branch of science related to medicine was derful advantage on diabetics. represented, the guests zumbering 400. Siy Berkeley Moynihan, proposing the Sir Donald MacAlister (president of the toast of The Lancet, said that journal General Medical Council) occupied the had been the good friend of every member chair.
of the profesion, and had upheld every interest of the profession. It had inspir Lord Hewart, in proposing "The Pred their leaders and guided and embodied fession of Medicine," referred to a matter their opinions; it had helped and inter- which bad recently come before the public preted for them their duty to the cause and was, he said, likely, in a different they served, to the public, to their pro form, and at no very distant time, to fissional brethren, and to themselves And It was that it had done without fuss, clamour, or coms before the pubile agnia, often said that upon the difficult question fear, upon every ique-strong where of insanity, as it was understood by the strength was needed, but at all times per- law, there was a serious confict between suasive, rather than expelling, and the view of the_lawyer and the view off always free from the taint of suspicion the physician. He expressed no opinion and unworthy motire. (Cheers.)
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
on the matter, but a ccmmittee of lawyers had inquired into the matter, and, as he understood the report of that committee;
The methods of The Lancet were not among other things there was a recom- always so gentle. (Hear, hear.) A hun. mendation for something which, if it were dred years ago their profession was the adopted, would amount to a wide exten: victim of many abuses, most of them con- sion of the criminal law. At present if mitted by members within its osa ranks. a person were to be held not responsible In those days the profession suffered from for a crime upon the ground of insanity the vexation and intolerable infernee he must fulfil one of two tests-he must and the shtheful practice of nepotism- satisfy obe of two conditions. Either, by harsh or unjust ordinances of governing reason of infirmity of mind. due to dis bodies and the despatic methods of to- ease of the mind, he must not know that chers and examiners. The profession, what he was doing was wrong or he must students and practitioners alike, were not know what he was doing at all. That under submission, oven under subjection was the ancient maxia of English law, to In that age of unrest, when man had be found, for example, in the answers ceased to reverence authority The Lancet of the judges to the questions asked of was started, and Mr. Thomas Wakley, its them in the Macnaghter case.
founder, lost no opportunity of attacking the existing abuses. Looking back, they had to ackaowledge that Wakley's conten- tions were almost always right fought against selfish interests, deeply entrenched, interests disdainful and neg- lectful of the rights of others. Lancet was noted for its integrity of thought, sobriety of judgment, and ad- mirable luridity of expression.
Medical science, as he paderstood, was not satisfied with those two alternatives. It suggested at least a third-namely, that a ma night know, what be was doing and that what he was doing was wrong, and yet, by reason of disease of the mind, might be uncontrollably impelled to com- mit that act and it was that third alternative, to be found bag ago in a note to Fitz-James Stephens's "History of the Criminal Law," which, he gather ed, was now recommended by the com. mittee, upon the advice of eminent menta. specialists. He expressed no opinion, but one thing was clear-if that were to he the law he did not suggest that they would launch upon a sea which had no shore, but, at any rate, they would be launching upon a sea of which the shores were far more widely separately than were the shores which they had hitherto, as Lawyers, known. Referring, in conclusion;
He
The
Viscount, Burnham, on behalf of the Newspaper Press of this country, id he joined in toasting the famous journal the centenary of which they were cele brating. They were all equally proud of that high tradition, founded on, patriotic motives and technical efficiency, which had made The Lancet what it was the gospel and literally the good tidings of rationi health. (Hear, hear.) They exulted in the spirit of independence it had shown, which had never brooked control, in the: fullness of its knowledge, which was only
to the object of their gathering, he rebounded by the scientific attainments of
marked that in The Zanet the malical profession and the public had a periodical of distinction, wisdom, and public spirit (Hear, hear)
ERA OF RESEARCH,
its contributors, and by its love of truth, which was based on the maxim that truth is the basis of all excellence." Hear; hear.) The circulation of such ef the technical Press as was represented by The Lancet was world-wide (Cheers.)
"The world cared to know little of its greatest men, but if they had any sense of the reality of things they must recog aise that Thomas Wakley was one of the makers of modern England. (Hear, Ha declared against shame and make-believes, against quacks, and al those who tried to deceive the public; he had no reverence for ancient abuses, por did he believe in interests vested in ignorance and brutality (Hear, hear.) They whom he chastised had been singu farly forgiving, hocause they honoured his
Sir Humphry Rolleston, in responding, said their thoughts at that, unique an- niversary were naturally directed to the entury of medicine which The Lancet had chronicled so faithfully, and, indeed, at time painted in somewhat dramatic hear.) calours, thas exerting an influence at various times stimulating, or wholesomely wise. During that eventful period-by far the most momentous in medical his toxy-the picture had completely changed; the science of medicine had been revolu. tionised; the art had made giant strides. The last hundred years had seen the rise and results of laboratory research in medicine:
The present century was the era of re- search into functional disorder, of bio- chemistry, of the further stage of physiolo- gical chemistry, of chemotherapy, and of comparative medicine and pathology. A remarkable feature of quite recent years, dating mainly from the war and after, ws the increasing share that the Govern ment was taking in the prevention and control of disease.
memory.
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He cleansed, eo far as was possible in those times, the Caroner's Court, and in- sisted that the coroner ought to have the technical qualification which fitted him for the discharge of his duties. He forced the attention of the public to the ques tion of the adulteration of food, and, in the irst place through The Lancet's analytical secretary, and afterwards by 'Committee of the House of Common
In the past British Science and tedi-he prepared the way for the Schofield cine had been much indebted to inde- Act, whichsfor the first time protected the pendent individual effort, but with the health of the commanity as consumers. increasing specialisation of knowledge. All this Thomas Wakley did, and he (Lord combined effort or team-work was becom- Burnham) was glad to know that The ing more general, both in research and Lancet had always clung to the spirit of was to-day what its in clinical practice. In the case of re- bis work, and earch this did not mean that the in founder would have hoped that it might urnce of the individual genius would remain. He could only hope that it might he dwarfed, but rather that aide-isses long be able to take its share in the in- and details would be worked out in due estimable work of reducing the sum of proportion. What the future might bring human misery, and adding to the great! forth in the way of State service and, and essential quantity of public health, State-run hospitals remained to be acon, (Cheers.)
aud though this consummation did not Sir Squire Sprigge, in replying, said appear to be devoutly wished for it the violence of past days was gone, but should be considered with an open mind the desire for the right and the zeal to Research had largely taken the form of achieve it remained as forcible as they the application of methods in the allied were 100 years ago. They should press to Borenece, such as chemistry and physics, wards the mark of their ideals with an- to clinical medicine, and by these meane, abated energy, even though without the and by the great advance in preventive concomitants of legal struggins, or per medicine, mowledge and control had sonal bickerings The Lancet was heen gaired to a greater extent over the milestone on the road to progress, and not external forces of nature acting on the their obituary tomb-stone.
body than ever the methods of reaction Sir Ernest Hodder-Williams, represent- of the human body to external influences;
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the early stages of discuss still remained ing the proprietors of the journal, in his a problem for extensive Investigation, as acknowledgment, said that when he and Sir James Mackenzie had so often insist his brother" became" proprietors of the paper they made a vow and took a pledge that they would, as far as possible, do But what of the fiture1 While con- gratulating themselves that they were not nothing to bring the slightest stain of dishonour on most bighly-honoured as the early Victorians, ought they not
name. (Cheers.) That pledge they in to reflect, that they were only just look tended to keep, even if one of them had ing out on the promised land of health to enter Parliament. (Laughter.) They and were far from a position to rost com- were fortunate in that, when the change. placently on their cars? (Cheers.)
Sir John Bland-Sutton, who also res of proprietorship took place, there was ponded, said he was going to talk about no change in editorial leadership. (Hear,
bear.) sugar. Looked at from whatever point
The Lord Mayor, as president of the of view, star was a very remarkable anb stance By the production of cane sugar Hospital Sunday Fund, paid a grateful immense fortunes had been made, and tribute to the great share the Wakley much misery had been caused to the family and The Lancet bad in starting natives of the West Indies. But human that fund fifty-one years ago. Since then Fugay had been a source of misery to nearly £3,000,000 had been raised on be hundreds of thousands of patients, a half of the hospital of London. (Cheers,) Sir Dawson Williams, editor of the Bource of profit to physicians (Laugh tor.) It had often been a source of dis- British Medient Fournal, also spoke,
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