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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1931
STUDY OF MAN AND EVOLUTION.
PROF. SHELLSHEAN'S ADDRESS TO ROTARY CLUB.
CONFUSION AT THE MORTUARY.
QUESTION OF ROUTINE EXAMINED.
Rotarian J. L. Shellshear, Pro- A death enquiry, resumed before Central fessor of Anatomy at Hongkong Mr. Lindsoli, at the University, was the speaker at the Magistracy, yesterday afternoon. weekly Rotary Club tin, which was principally concerned with was held at Mesars. Lane Craw-straightening out a tangle caused ford's restaurant yesterday, under by confusing the identity of the the chairmanship of Sir William corpace of two newly-born babies Hornell. He delivered an extremne at the Morgue, and subsequent ly interesting addrenn on the sub- confusion to police investigations Ject of Anatomy, referring to its when the discovery was Inter made scope, and denling with it as it that опе
of them had boon applied to evolution.
strangled after birth with a cord. A Sanitary coolie stated that he recalled being sent one day, two the dead body of a child pleked months ago, to the Morgue with up in the Public Gardens. He was given two papers by the Interpre- ter at the Central Police Station, one being a card and the other a paper of the usual kind accom- panying these bodies.
The Chairman announced that,
unfortunately, Dame Clare Butt and her husband, Mr. Kennerley Rumford, had left the Colony on board a President bont at noon that day, so that they had not been able to be present an guests. A letter, received from Mr. Kennor- ley Rumford, acknowledged thanks for the invitation to attend, and deplored the fact that they were unable to come.
in their absence, it was nocen- sary to find another speaker, and Professor Shellshear had very kindly stepped into the breach.
Educated in Australia,
Sir William, in giving a brief account of Professor Shellshears career, said that he was educated in New South Wales, Australia. He qualified at the University of Sydney, married young, and went into general practice at once. He practised as a general practitioner and, until the war, he had taken up volunteer work as a hobby, be-| ing in command of a battery. He went to the war on the Commander of a battery, subsequently rom manding a brigade. After the war he became intercated in Anatoray in London.
Professor Shelishear, at the be- ginning of his address, spoke of the relationship of Anatomy to all the ordinary subjects of medicine. He said that one must have per- fect anatomical knowledge in or- der to be a surgeon. He went on to deal with the subject as applied to art and physien.
Study of Man.
He continued that one of the most interesting sides of Anatomy was the study of man himself and the study of human behaviour.
The first point in the study of man was that of immortality. If they took the smallest essence of life it would multiply. One, of itself, would divide into two, and so on, and the problem was whe- ther the new piece wAS younger than the pierce it originally came from. It had been shown, how- ver, that even with the smallest essence of life, it had a period of babyhond, youth, maturity and senility.
Dealing with the study of the brain. the spenker re- ferred to the difference be- tween the European and Chinese hrain. He said that he had stu- died some 100 cases or more, and he had found that a small gland in the neck of a European started to dwindle at the age of 20 to 21. He had found that gland present in. some Chinese at the age of 70.
Man, snid Professor Shellshear, seemed to have relalued the pri- mitive more than any animal. He retained everything which could be modified and his face was even more infantile than a gorilla.
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Geology in Evolution. After explaining that for the brain to develop, children must have maternal affection, the speaker went on to speak of the importance of geology in the study Inf evolution. Ho referred to the characteristics of the "Java Man's" skull, a cast of which he produced, and the "Peking Man," and the brilliant foresight and knowledge of Mr. Davidson Black, who, on discovering a tooth, built up a hypothetical skull which showed some advancement on the "Java" skull, and which almost completely coincided with the discovery of another complete skull in China.
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He knew the two Mortuary atten- dants by sight, but they were both| absent, and it was an old man. who lived at the Murtuary, who received the body. Assisted by Another coolie, he took the corpse out of the dead box and place it on the alab, with the papers beside it. Ile had previously taken bodies to the Mortuary, but never in his ex-| perience had he seen the card, tied to the body.
He noticed one other body al- ready received into the Mortuary before his arrival, this being also He left the of a female child. corpse he brought in, about two feet away from this other lady on the slab.
Another Sanitary coolie, No. 39, declared he did not see any cord around the neck of the corpse pick- ed up at the Public Gardens.
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in the next child born.
In reply to the Magistrate, wit. ness sald he personally did not
tied to the leg of the child. Confusion Possible.
At the Central Police Station. continued witness, he stood by the dead box, waiting for the Inspector to view the body, in accordance with routine. But no Pelice Off- cer carne out. Witness had dealt in five or six bodies during his efrcumstances were reported, be- ten months of service, he said, sites telephoning for the dead and this was the only ease he had box. He had seen the corpse, but known in which a piece of paper did not notice anything around the was not tied to the body before neck. He agreed that his ex-give instructions for a card to be it was sent to the Mortuary.
was probably super- A Police Interproter at the getal. In his own experience as Central Police Station, who was a Police Officer he had never yet of come across a case of murder of on duty on November 11, when the body was a new-born child, and had no rea then that the child sons to suppose i brought in, said that acting on Inspector Shaftain's instructions, in question had been murdered.
Witness referred to a native he made put the usual identifica tion card and accompanying memo superstition which he sald might and handed them to the Sanitary throw some light on the case. Coolies.
He said that if a Chinese woman had children who died none after Chinese Superstition.
the other, she had been known to Jaspector Shaftain said it was strangle the next child born, when not usually considered necessary it also showed signs of illness and to send out a reserve detective to if she was convinced it was dying investigate, where no suspletous also. By so doing, she believed
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The Magistrate next called for evidence to clear up the point of how the body found in the Public Gardens and next from the Cen- tral Police Station came to be confused with the corpse of au other infant child sent from the Salyingpon Poller Station.
The No. 2 Attendant at the Morgue said he was present, at 10.20 a.m. on the 14th, when a body was taken in by persons whom he knew to belong to the Salyingpun Station. It was undraped, except for a towel around the middle. He
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superintended its transference from the dead box on to the slab. It was accompanied by the usual card and paper, which were not tied to any of the limbs. He took the papers to the office of the Mor- tuary.
On returning to the Mortuary in the afternoon, he saw another Infant corpse placed beside the first.
There were other bodies ranged alongside the first two the following morning, but he could not distinguish which from which. He agreed that it was possible the first two bodies had been shifted to the wrong position, with con- sequent confusion to the numbers already given to these according to the order of their admission.
The enquiry was adjourned until this afternoon.
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