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HEALTH AND INDUSTRY,
When we can help. INTERESTING LECTURES AT
MEDICAL CONFERENCE.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28. 1925.
up but a few bucketfuls from the ocean when they attended to their hundred or so patients a day..
Buverní delegates contributed to
the discussion.
Modern Industry.
Dr. C T. Maitland (Trinian); The soventeen'k biennial con- followed with 10 Rddress on of the China Médien!] "Hằnìth and Modern Industry in Missionary Association was con-China." It was an exe-edingly in tinued at the University yesterday, teresting lecture. He painted to
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Health programme for Mission laboured, painting out that, their Schools nud Colloges," The hours were so long that there was three departments of Christion opportunity for exercise; huli- missionary effort 'in China-days were scarce, nud, in a large: evangelistic, medical and educa.nuruber of cases, they both ate and tional-bad, Dr. Wallace said, slept in the workroom omil ibe phased through somewhat similar tools and debris. The handicraft, atages of devolopment. In the apprentice was harshly treated in aj days of pioneer effort, the attempt good inny cases by bis master. was made to rench individuals one Modern industry had entered the by one as they could be persuaded factories in many of the cities of to approach. Then came a period China, and the problems of modern when great crowds were drawn to industry were important rather in the missionary by one causo or their potential aspects than in another, and the task was not one their present aspects. There were of attracting but of keeping up a few factories in the port cities with the demands of the crowds, where, from reasons of humanity or But crowds came and wunt, now n desiro for fair reputation moases of peoplo fonted in and outer where the employers con- of chapel, dispensary and schoolsidered that by studying the and few romained, until there] health of their workers b-itet work]
Brew the conviction that foreign was produced, where improved con missionarica could never averditious existed. Unfortunately there tako the problem of bringing|were but few exceptions, and they [Chinn to a knowledge of the were foreign firms of reputo or abundant life in Christ. "That was Chinese firms which, from high a mattor not of years but of probity or business acumen and! decades, it might be of centuries, knowledge of the West, End
and it was a tusk not for a few established for themselves more or Westerners but for the ever growing less a monopoly. His impression | Christion Church. They were now was that no more and more people entering on a further stage of breamse accustomed to working in development, he believed, in which factories, there might bo the three departments of Christianretrogression rather than an im effort were coming to believe that provement in these enses. nach could best achieve its purpose:
by co operating with the others.
Common Conditions.
At first all three started with thei Coming to more common condi samo purpose of preaching the good tions, Dr. Maitland spoke of the [ nows of God, but as each developed tong hours which children:
in
there came at times a sense of wore employed-twelve and eveni separation, fins of rivalry, | fourteen hours, with, in somo lending not infrequently to mis- jensen, no rest on Sundays and understandings. School men were ittle or no thought given to their charged with too much interest in wolfare. In a large number of subjects, even in segalar subjects;enses the manager did not know doctors with spending ten much bow many people were working time in patching up derelicts; under him. Many of them wergl Lovangelists with too much emphasis | employed by sub-contractors, with on "souls" and not enough on possibilities they could imagine. salvation. That period, that were The atmosphere was foul, stngonot, glad to see pass away. They and humid.
be
common.
ronlished that they could only Dr. Maitland regretted that the succeed by ench bringing his skill Shanghai Commission could not and his devotion to the accomplish (see their way to advocate the meat of the common purpose and abolition of night work among ench mutually aiding the other. women and children. The aboli
of night work artong The Missionaries' Contribution. tion
and children, was, Women Dr. Wallaen went on to deal in pointed out, the first subject taken some detail with the recommend-up by Western nations. Tens of tions of the Conference on School thousands of children wore employ- Health, which met at Shanghaied in mills and factories in Shang- last month. It was agreed, hai and the neighbourhood and a Faid, that the School was inally twelve hour shift was responsible for the well being of the Although, in his judgment, things students they accepted. The final were not so bad in Chinn as they responsibility for unhygienic con-were in the carlier years of leve ditions and continued bad health lumeat of Western countrice, reated upon the members of the there did exist n great maus of vill missions that tolerated them. The as appertaining to insanitation of largest contribution the mission buildings, employment of young aries could make to the Chinese children and certain important poople was the building up of social matters which accompanied strong Christian community, and modern industry. For instance, especially the securing of trained housing was certainly a mattor Chineso leadership for it, knowing which ought to be looked into. that that Christian community Rural housing was bad enough, but must bo finally responsible for ho suspected that urban was for
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There was the strain of ing Chion. In the field keeping pace with a machine, medicine, as in other fields, the rather than in doing things in their Christian doctors and surers and
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technicians of the future would Dr. Anitland went on to urge come chiefly from the Christian all missionary ductors to take an schools nod colleges of to-day-interest in factory conditions in Whatever was done to bring vividly their respective districts and to do before the eyes of the students the everything possible with a view to advantages of modern medicine
bringing about an improvement. and the opportunities that it provided for unselfish, patristic service, would prove to be the beat mothod of attracting young men and womna into medicine and nursing 05 thoir life work. ings to the joint conference of the (Applause.)
Medical Missionary Association of During the eras of the die-Chips and wishing then a profit. cussion following. Dr. Evans apokeable and inspiring gathering.
of the impossibility of renching everyone as WAR once their aim.
The chairman rend n resolution nosed by the Medical Missionary Association of India rending great-
Salaries.
They must roaling that they never Dr. Todd reported that the could meet the demad, and ought business Comptnittee requested that! not to try to do it. Tho most the matter of salaries of hospital
bo important thing they ind to assistants
roforred to "tho do wns to determine what they Executive for consideration. The should not do and what they could problem would be greatly simplified not do:
In regard to medialne, lieben hospitals wero standardised their great task was not only and graded. In order to eliminate training the youth of Obiga the disadvantages of doctors and but paying more attention to hospitals compoting for the services propagande from a sanitary nad of Chinese doctors, the Committee, hygienio standpoint. What they Dr. Todd spld, racomatonded ibat did they should do well They beforo negotiations were opened must make their schools as dearly there should be complete under izleni se 16 was possible to make standing between the Superinten them. Hospital work was a bound Idente of the two hospitala "loss, ondider' sony and they dipped concerned.
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