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LAWN BOWLS
Aitkenhead Shield Rinks
The rinks to represent Hongkong and Kowloon in the Aitkenhead Shield lawn bowls match on Octo- ber 13. have been selected
The match will played at the Kowloon Bowling Green Club and at its conclusion, the players as well as any other bowls players who may so desire, will adjourn to the Kowloon Cricket Club pav!- lion for a steak and kidney dinner at which the prizes won during the year will be presented, Later in the evening an excellent con- cert, which has been arranged by Mr. V. Labrum, will be given. The following are the rinks and the draw
Kowloon-A. M. Calman. T. Cole man, J. Kempton, S. C. Brown (skip).
Hongkong.-E. W. Simmons. R. H E. Marks. A. R. Dallah, J. Hollidge (skip).
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WORLD SERIES BASEBALL
Tigers Trounced
Cardinals
By
New York. Oct. 3. St. Louis Cardinals, National League Champtons clashed with Detroit Tigers to the World Base- ball Series 'at' Navin Field, De- troit and won the first game: The scores were:-
St. Lou's Detroit
..........
R. H. E. -8 13 27
3 8 5
and Medwick homered
Dizzy Cardinals." Dean pitched for the Greenberg homered for the Tigers. while Crowder, Marberry and Hoy- sett each bad turns at pitching.
The game turned out to be a comedy of errors, for the Tigers whose "iron-man" nfield collap sed, "while Dizzy Dean
continued
his Incredible pitching to sccre, a Kowloon. H. A. Botelho, F. X. | great triumph for a team in the Sobres, F. V. V. Ribeiro, J. Ribeiro World Serles games.— (skip).
Hongkong.-D. B. Bone.
Reuter.
J. 5.
Fender, A. E. Carey. J. C. Chal- mers (skip).
Kowloon.-L. A. Gut errez, CE QUEEN'S COLLEGE
Basto. C. E Marques, C. O. Silva, (skip),
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Hongkong.-W. Cunningham, M.
Y. "Adal, J. J. Whyte, N. Drum- mond (skip). \
Kowloon A. A. Remedios, J, J. Basto, C. A. Lopes, A. H. Basto (skip).
Hongkong. W. Forrest. W. Glen- dinning, W. (sk').
Mair. G. C. Moss
Kowloon lek. J. G. (skip).
R. Duncan, V. Pether- Meyer, W. S. Drake
Hongkong VN Atienza, JF. funny, W. T. Brightman, R. Besa (skip).
A
Kowloon H. Overy, W. W. Hirst. W. Hyde, J. Fraser (skip). "
Hongkong.LG. L. Buchanan. F. H. W... Haynes, H. Beer, B. W Bradbury (skip).
Kowloon J. Watson, A. S. Rua- sell, J, H. Budding, L. Guy (skip). Hongkong.. Gellatly, P. E Knight, E. G. Post, A. W. Grim- mert (sidp).
AQUATICS
Lee Brothers Outstanding
There were some very: good in- dividual performánded at the an- nual swimming sports of Queen's College, which were held at the European YMCA. Swimming Pool yesterday afternoon before a large gathering of spectators including Mrs. F. J. de Rome, wife of the Headmaster who distributed the prizes, and Mr. J. L. MacPherson,
of the Y.M-C.A.
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OCTOBER 5, 1934.
HONG KONG D DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY,
MEDICINE AND MEDICOS LOCAL CRICKET WOMEN'S GOLF
"Little Of The Simplicity"
The following is the second in- stalment of the lecture given by Prof. L. J. Davis at the Univer- alty:-
R.A.M.C. Fixtures
The following is the list of fix- tures for the RAM.C. for season
12-University, University, (F).
"
1.-Inter-Company, S'poo "(F.). 5.- Rawalpindi." Spoo (F.). 15.-R.A.S.C.. S'poo (AL). 17.-2/E Lancs., 9.8. Pó (F), 20. Civil Service, H.V. (CLD). 27-K.C.G.. K.C.C. (CL). " Nov.
could usefully be derived from 1934-5:- the sciences of chemistry, botany, Sept. anatomy and physiology, He at- tracted pupils from all over | Oct. By the middle of the seventeenth Europe, and through some of them century European medical prac was the rear rounder of the Edin- tles had tle of the simplicity and burgh medical school, which was Waf attended by late of the the first by Britain to correlats tellectual honesty of Emppourates, ¦ scientthé with clinical teìching ür För although by this time coriste one university! dérable "advances had been made! The development of mori in the sciences of Janaemmy; and anataby is a science thine is, '116 physiology, que map to the study of the structural chan12--R.C. of Sigs, S'poo (A.L.).
3. University. Univ, (CL). bours of Leonardó de Vinci, which occur in the disease body 15-Queen's Coll, Spoo (F.). Vesalius, kintaohuis Fabricts and was in the first place largely du
31.-1/Lincolns, S'poo (F.). Harvey, clinical medkids; however, to the Itanan, Morgagni af PATIE remained is a bɛckward-atate, fur in the middle of the "eighteenth
"28-R.A.O.C., Spoo (AL). there way Ettle honest clintea)on:| cempARAJU. sinė: maing foundations servation, Degrees in mediciris) of the subjecs were completed were awarded by the universites by Roktansky in Vienna, negri t without requirements for hundred years later. It should be clinicat instruction, of examina-| noted that the fame of both these tion in clinical knowledge. Glini- men rests upon their reputations. "cal practice was dominated by cut as scientists, not as clinicians. In and dried doctrines. Treatment fact Rokitansky did not practice was the reverse of Hippocratic, medicine at all. · The healing power of Nature ra- ther than aided was embarrassed. The unfortunate patient being bled, pursed and drugsed with an
any..
The sciences of experimental pathology and physiology, one might say of experimental biology, were enormously advanced by the work of John Hunter, a London end of the Though, a
alarming assortment of horrors in origin animal, mineral and vegit- { surgeon towards the able, many of the prescriptions eighteenth century. savouring rather of the witch's cauldron than of the apothecary's
mortar:
*Fillet of a fenny snake, Eye of newt and toe of frog. Wool or bag and tongue of dog. Adder's fork and blindworm's
sting.
with
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing. "Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf.*
A recipe reminiscent, perhaps, to some of you of many a prescrip- tion persuasively set forth in the pseudo-scientic literature which some firms of medicine vendors now-a-days regale The quack now calls himself an endocrinologist, and his quackery polyglandular hormone therapy.
115.
The feature of the swimming
Thomas Sydenham was the success of the Lee bru- However, during the last two thers who came first and second hundred and fifty year, there has in the Individual Championship | been a vast improvement in the and in the Senior. Diving which | general conduct of medical prac- Kowloon, C. E. Ellot-Heywood.
tice. No one was more instru- H Hampton, N. J. Bebbington, Rwas very closely contested.
mental P. Philips (skip).
in re-introducing Hip- pocratic ideals into seventeenth century medicine than a Londòn
Hongkong-A Brooksbank, E. §. Carter, S. Eccleshall.. Deakin (skip).
Kowloop H F. Stoneham, J. Macdonald, M. J. Henderson, G. E F. Thompson (skip).
Hongkong-A. E. Marchent, L de Rome, G. H. Stewart, R. Luz (skip).
Kowloon.-J. W. M. Brown, J. Lindsay, F. X. M. Silva, W. Mac- farlane (skip).".
Hongkong.D. M. Khan, Miton, A, M. Omar, U. M. Omar (skip),
K.
Kowloon.-V. Hast. M. Ferguson, W. Orelg, J. McKelvie (skip);"
Hongkong.-E. Abraham; A. T Hamilton, A. Chapuian, A. Moc- farlane (skip).
Kowloon.-H. Gltuns, T. W. Cari, V. C. Labrum, A. E. Silkstone Cakip)
Hongkong.-J. K: Sioe A. F. Paul, J. Russell, F. J. Jones (skip):
TENT
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PEGGING COMPETITION
Heats Carried Out Yesterday
PREPARING FOR M.G.T.
GYMKHANA
Preparations are well, forward for the Machine Gun Troop Gym- khana, which will be held on Octo- ber 13 on the Polo Ground. The organisers as well as the compet!- tors are looking forward to the day with eagerness, and every
evening plenty of practice is put in at the Polo Ground, where the ponies are being "schooled" in the many tasks they will be asked to perform. The Tides and even the children are every bit as enthusias tic as the men.
There should be plenty of fun In the variety of events which the programme embraces, particularly the "tandem" race:
There is a very large entry for the tent pegging event and heats were held yesterday resulting s follows:
The standard, of swimming on the whole has improved much since last year and several poten-
among the Chinese boys.
practising surgeon, he had an in- | satiable appetite for general blo. logical knowledge, and was a con- Armed experimenter.
By the end of the eighteenth century then, the foundations of medical art had been well and truly laid; and in: Its service the various sciences were being sys- tematically harnessed.
The 19th Century The early part of the nineteenth century Was mainly concerned with consolidating the positions already won; nevertheless consi- derable advances were made by Bichat in pathology and Laennec the French school, particularly by
in clinical medicine,
pure
Dec.
2-Police RC, HV. (F)). 10.-R. Engineers. S'poo (AL). 12-Diocesan School, D.B.S. (F.). 21.-R. Erigineers, S'pon (AL), 1935
Jan.
J.-R.A.3.C., Spoo (CL).
-RC. of Signals, 'poo (AI). 14—R.A.S.C., S'poo (AL). 28.-R.A.O.C., S'Doo (AL), 90.-University, 8'poò (F.).
Feb.
2--IR.C., IR.C. (CL). 5-St. Joseph's C.. S'poɑ (F.).. 23-Police RC, HV. (F). 28-Cent. Brit. School, Spoo (F.). Mar.
2.-Craigengower, H.V. (CIL.). 5.-R. Engineers, 8'poo (C.L.). 10-Royal Navy, K. PL. (C.L.). 18.-Club Recreto, K.Pk. (CLL). 23-H.K.C.C., HE.C.C. (CLA). 30-Police R.C., H.V. (CL).
AL-Army League. *-*CL-Civilian League. F.-Friendlies...
HOME FOOTBALL
Scotland Beats Ireland In Inter-League
The later part of the century witnessed great developments in
London, Oct. 3. the various branches of
Scotland, last year's "Wooden sc, ence; which were to have a spoonists" of the Inter-League revolutionary effect upon meal football competition, to-day de- cine. The most striking feature feated Ireland at Glasgow by the perhaps, of this phase of the odd goal in five after leading 2-1 advance, was the pursuit of sy at half time. tématic research in experimental
tial Colony champions were seen Physician named Thomas Syde- viological sciences ancillary: főze
The Results
In Po-kan. & Pau Hon-ilm, 3. Ng Junior 50 Yards Free Style:
Shui-man, Time: 36.-2.5 secs.
Senior 50 Yards Free Style-1. S. Lee, 2, Ng Tsun-man, 3. N."Lee. Time: 20.-1.6 seca.
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Junior 100 Yards Free Style:-1. Pan Hon-Ilm, 2. Tu Fo-kan. 3. Mak Kwok-ying Time: 93-3.5 secs.
Senior 100 Yards Free Style:- 1. 8. Lee, 2. N. Lee, 3. Ng Teun- man. Time: 67 seca.
25 Yards Free Style (Classes 7 and 8)-1. Ng Shui-man, 2 Wong Ying-lau. Time: 19.-1.5 secs,"
Friendly Game
ham. Sydenham devoted himself
In a friendly game, Manchester dicine: There was greatly én-City, on their own ground, defeated to the study of the natural history hanced activity in this respect Glasgow Rangers by four goals to of disease. He has been justly the universities, particularly in two-
named the founder of modern of a physician was as follows:- clinical medicine. His definition
The function of a physician is the industrious investigation of the | history of diseases and of the effects of remedies as shown by the only true teacher-experience, attention being directed to that method only by which right rea- Bon based
upon common sense
dictates.'
Sydenham was one of the first to recognize various infective fevers as specific entities. He left a good description of malaria or ague' as it was then called and Junior 50 Yards Breast Stroke: which was prevalent in the marshy 1. Pau Hon-kan, 2. Bo Yu-awan, districts of Eastern England. In 3. Iu Po-kam. Time: 44 seca, treatment he emulated the honest Senior 50 Yards Breast Stroke simplicity of Hippocrates, content- 1. Abdum, 2 Ip Fung-sze, 3 Nging himself for the most part, in Tsun-man. Time: 391 secs.
Long Plunge:-1. Sin Sik-chuen, 2. N. Lee, 3. Ng Tsun-man. Dis- tance 42.4 feet
alding the healing power of Na- ture. For at that time very few specific remedies Cinchons, the plant from which were knoWN
quinine is now derived, was begin- Senior 50 Yards Backstroke:-ning to be valued in the treatment 1. N. Lee, 2. Ng Taun-man, 3. Chi of certain fevers, and it was large- Ping-chim Time: 38 secs.
ly due to Sydenham' that ita use in the treatment of malaria be-
Junior 50 Yards Back Stroke:
1. Pau Hon-lam, 2 Mak Kwok-came popularized. This drug was ying,, 3. Ng Shin-man. Time: 48.-3.5 secs.
Senior Diving:-1. S. Lee, & N. Lee, 3. Ng Taun-man.
Junior Diving:-1. Ng Shui-man, 2. Pan Hon-lam, 3. Mak Kwok-
ying.
50 Yards Consolation Race:- Won by Ng Kit-man.
Inter-Class Team Race (Classes 7 and 8)-Won by Class 7-0.
Junior Class Team Race:-Won by Cidas 43.
Benior Class Team Race: Won by 1-B.
Individual Championship-1. 8. Lee, 15 points; 2. N. Lee, 12 polata; 3. Ng Tsun-man, & pointa
Hon-lam, at points: 2, Iu Po-kan, Junior Championship:-1. Pau
9 points.
Williams
18
N. W. Metcalf
14
A. E. Williams
14
A. Wall
13.
J. D. H. Crawford
13
A. H. Potts
24.
"L. G. Robertson
12
EM K Mead
220
E. B. Eranter Creagh
R. H. Allen
19
E. HI. Impey
Appleyard
G. Taylor
RH. Charles
F. R. E Jam FH.
Sky
D. A, Cumming
Of the above the first nine wi eppest in the finals
originally introduced by Jesult priests from the new Spanish co- lonies in South America, where it had a reputation among the abori g.nais. 3 provides a good example of an empirical discovery for we now know that the alkaloid quinine has a specific lethal action on the parasite of malaria. That ma larial fever was due to the invasion of the blood by a parasite, was not. to be discovered until two hundred years after Sydenham. For not until 1880 did the Frenchman. Laveran first espy the hostile plasmodium; and not til eighteen. gears still later did Rose discover the role of the anophiline mosquito in the spread of infection.
Boerhaave
Germany where the prosecution of Reuter research became encouraged by the liberal provision of scientific chairs with well-equipped labora- tories Appreciation of the ultim- ate value of researches in pure science became much more gen-
eral
phenomena to satisfy scientific Investigation of natural
curiosity no longer needed elabor- ate apologia. The investigator be- came less frequently regarded as an impious lunatic. The more in telligent among the general public began to realize that there were be won many valuable gifts to from Nature's store-house, but that they were to be won not by the chance finding of a magic pass-word, nor by personal favour of the Deity. For it was becoming apparent to men, that although Nature will give to those who study her and know how to ask of her,. she will give to those who impor tune ber for something for no- thing as little worthwhile as she has ever
given the magician or the seeker of the philosopher's stone,
It is related of Benjamin Frank. an, the American physicist and pioneer researcher in electricity, who when first demonstrating a people around him But what is the new-born theory was asked by the use of it? He answered them, "What is the use of a new- born child?
(To be Continued)
LOCAL GOLF
Ladies' Competition
Of the medical galaxy following The Deep Water Bay Eclectic Sydenham, time does not permit (Aug. 1-Sept. 30) was won by Mrs, me to mention more than a few Whyte - Smith ::30-17:281;7: MIN names. Boerhaave, teaching Stewart and Mrs. Lissaman tied medicine at Leyden in Holland, | 81-2)=28|,
early in the eighteenth century, The LG. U, Medal Ekinetitions was one of the first to give sys- | held on the second. Tuesday - of tematic clinical instruction corre- each month on the new course will iated with pathological demon- le resumed on Tuesday, stři Otto- strations in the post-mortem ber
room, so emphasizing the relation prize is being kindly presented of lesion to symptom. A man of by Mrs. J. B. Ross for the Bogey wde culture he, more than any Competition which is to be held man of his time, helped to bring on 23rd October on the New to the aid of medical ary all that Course.
IN US
British Players Eliminated
Philadelphia, Oct. 3. Wanda Morgan, Curt's Cup. play- er, who was the last of the Brit- ish players in the United States women's golf championship was eliminated. Mrs. Burtwell Barring- ton, of linols, beat Miss Morgan one up.
Mrs. Collett Vare, who is "at- tempting a come-back, continued.. on her way towards the final by defeating Miss Barbara Stoddard eight and six,
H
Miss Virginia Van Wie, the title- holder. beat Miss Rosamond Vany of Boston on the nineteenth hole, and had a very narrow escape from elimination. She is favour- ed to go to the Arals with Mrs. Vare.
of
Mrs. Cheney. another the American Curtis Cup winners, de feated Mrs. Hurd, the veterán Scottish star. three and one.
SEAWANHAKA CUP RACE ABANDONED
Oyster Bay, Oct, 3. The second race for the Seawan- Haka Cup was postponed to-day because of the total lack or wind.
The British and American con- tenders have now made two at tempts to saft this event without sticcess- Reuter.
RUM-RUNNING OFF NEWFOUNDLAND
American Representations
To Britain.
Washington, Oct. 3. The reported activity of craft suspected to be rüm-runners, work- ing off the cost of Newfoundland, has caused the State Department to renew discussions with the British Government with the object of stopping smuggling.
The State Department, at the Treasury Department's request, sent to London this afternoon in- formation. In connection with the smuggling of liquor for appropriate action by the British authorities-- Reuter
"CAPSTAN
EB-1309
JUNIOR MANX GRAND PRIX
Amateur Records Broken
(Special Air Mail Service)
Douglas (IOM), Sept. 20.
J. White, à bespectacled schoolmaster living at Radlett. Herts won the Junior Manx Grand Prix motor-cycle race to- day on a Norton machine.
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His time for six laps of Tourist Trophy course waa 2hr 69 min 44sec, and his average speed 75.59 m.ph. White rode a magni- and held the lead ficent race throughout.
Though challenged by D. J. Pirie, an architect, of Old South- gate, London, riding a Norton, and Austin Munks a motor, agent, of Boston, Lincolnshire, riding a Ve- locette, (White widened the gap between "himself and his challen. gers on every lap and won by a margin of 3min. 11sec.
He thrice broke the junior ama- teur record which he set up last year, and his last lap, which he did in 29min 25sec at 78.97 m.p.h., “ was the fastest of the race.
Koen. Batile.
Pirie and Munks, last year's Winner, fought a keen battle for second and third positions and the runner-up at an average speed eventually only 4sec, made. Pile
of 74.29 m.ph
The winner of the lightweight . class, which wasz rám:br donjanë- tscà with the main race, Was.W, D Mitchell an Abentean dark, rida.... inga Cotban. His time was, 3hr.. 33quim 58690, and his speed 63:49. n.ph
. There were several spitt in the race but no serious déclächts. 3. E Blyth, of Kirkéality, tidlig ↑ Ver lodette, was travelling hard to- wards Ballaugh Bilage when his engine seized and he is thrown. R. Allen, of Crimsby riding a Nofter was following and nar- rowly escaped running into Blyth and his machine, as they lay on the ground. Blyth was uninjured but had to retire on account of the damage done to his machine. "
four completed the course.
of fifty-nine starters thirty- prizes were distributed in the P- lace ballroom by Bir Algernon Guinness.
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