THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
WEDNESDAY. JUNE
1985,
CHANGING VOGUE IN MEDICINE
"STYLISH" REMEDIES RUN TO DEATH
PROFESSION WORSE
THAN THE PUBLIC
By JOHN MACLAREN.
Doctors differ. That is notorious. But they are seldom frank with the public about their differences.
So I was surprised to meet a medical man who was entirely outspoken about the contradictions and in- consistencies of his professional brethren. He was an ex-naval surgeon, and the Navy is said to be the Silent Service. But there was nothing of tight-tipped reticence about this gentleman.
He expatiated upon medical fads with positive gusto, his manner (like his brick-red complexion) suggesting the quarter-deck rather than the consulting room.
"That's how the profession makes a fool of itself,” he exclaimed, waving his cigar. "Science discovers some new method or some new piece of knowledge in physics or bio-chemistry. It has a certain real value within limits! but soon medical men are falling over each other to proclaim it as a sovereign remedy for, dozens of maladies.
Take the ultra-violet rays vogue of a few years ago," he went on. "Artificial sunshine was prescrib- od as the great tonic and infallible speelfle for nearly everything. Then the General Medical Council Issued a report, stating that so far as the treatment of local conti-
people who condemn our good, ald Scotch breakfast porridge and say it causes rickets and decay of the
teeth.
CRANKS OF VARIOUS SORTS
Then there are the no-breakfast
tlons was concerned you might fanatics, and the experts who tell just as well use a poultice, and as for the tonic value, a course of end you that to be healthy you should liver oil would be equally effec-have only one meal a day--like
your dog. They ean all
tive!"
The doctor's eyes twinkled, and some medical sponsor or
remark that I ventured to craze now seemed to be for su bathing in the open air.
claim! other.
the Now
in i dietician some prazy Americn-a doctor, too-has laid down the law that you must not "Yes, and have you noticed," he eat protein and carbohydrates at demanded, "that all the medical the sume time. You must eat your wisencres now warn people of the egg at one meal but your toast dire dangers of over-exposure— from biliousness to apoplexy at the next; your meat at dinner though the same authorities a few but your potato at supper. Can years ago were preaching the un-you beat it for perverse nonsense? limited benefits of the sun-cure
and telling us to get as much of
THE ROUCHAGE FADDISTS
A pensive look came into the doctor's eye and be gazed for a moment at the glowing tip of his cigar.
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As his mother,' Mrs. Louard Walls, was suing the second wife of Carvath Wella, explorer, for $50,000 for allenation of her husband's affections, John Car- vath Wells (above), son of the explorer, was selling matches in London stresis to maka living
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t for his wife, his baby and himself. The suit, brought in Bridgeport, Connecticut, decided in favour of the elder Wells Girst wife. She
was awarded $5,000. Young Wolls, shown in the above picture at his trade, is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of England,
"MENAGERIE"
IN HOME
PEER'S DAUGHTER RESTRAINED
NEIGHBOURS KEPT AWAKE
An application on behalf of} ueighbours of the Hon. Mrs. Alice Morrison, of Kemnal 'Laren Warren, Chislehurst, Kent, a daughter of the late Lord Pir- bright, was made in the Chancery Division, London, by Mr. H. B. Vaisey, K.C., to restrain an alleged nuisance concerning a number of monkeys, cats, dogs, and birds kept by Mrs. Morrison,
Despite the apparently strained relations existing between Germany and other European countries, England and the Reich have recommandad the sxekangs of officers" for training at the two military schools which are exponents of both types of war- fare. For the first time in many years, a German officer, Lieut. von Wiek, has become attached to a regiment at Aldershot for a
military course. Hora Liautenant von Wick is pictured walking into the officer's meat of the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards.
nuisance caused by the noise ori smell?
Mr. Vaisey-The first complaint | is of the noise, and the second is of the offensive smell,
DEPOSITORS' RUSH
SAVINGS SOCIETY AT SHAI PAYING OUT
He added that they were re sidential houses of good character.
Shanghai, June 4. His Lordship would see that the At three o'clock this afternoon defendant had chosen to treat her a run on the International Sav- house as a menagerie on a tàrgeings Society commenced. Reale and one which, he was en- There were approximately 300 tilled to any by reason of previous depositors In orderly lines and un- Police Court proceedings, was very ill-conducted as such.
Mr. Valacy, submitting the all- davit of Mr. Molins, also produced photographs of the house, with certain rooms in the house which he said were "stocked with engés.
der police supervision withdraw- ing their money until 3.30 p.m.
Mr. M. Speelman the Head of the Society told the United Press that there were ample funds to he meet the denunds and that planned to remain open to-night if the run continues.-United Press.
In reply to Mr. Justice Bennett, he said there were about 100 dogs. He added that the defendant hæð brought to her house more dogs, ai goat, a guinea pin, mice, cats, and į dogs has she now? dogs, which kept Mr. Molina uwake at night.
Mr. Wyun Parry said some of the dogs had been taken away and had not been brought back,
Mr. Justice Bennett-How many
Mr. Parry-There are three dogs outside and 63 laside.
"We cannot allow this sort of thing to go on," said Mr. Justice Bennett. "Most people keep dogs and cats, and most of them are no nuisance to their neighbours. number of animals in that sort of She should never have taken that pince."
I mentioned that I had met one
"CENSUS" OF ANIMALS it as ever we could. The old story fashionable London consultant who running a novel remedy to deathheld not only white bread to be a
when, an inspector visited the pro- Mr. Valsey went on to say that -und the profession are worse polson but white sugar also, and
mises he found 70 adult dogs, 11 than the public."
banned salt utterly from the table.
puppies, 27 cxts, 18 monkeys, 100
Mr. Perry reminded him that there were eight neres. “I ask "Quite believe it Harley Street has as many cranks as any freak Mr. Justice Bennett, who granted fendant, and we are prepared to
The application was heard by birds, one rat, and one goat."
"The rat is denied by the de- you for help."
Mr. Justice Bennett--You will back-to-mature colony," commented an injunction, with costs; in terms admit that," said Mr. Vaisey. | not get help from nie. The law is my interlocutor. "My profession of the motion.
Mr. Wynn Parry read an af- all you will get. Mr. Vaisey said he had a motion davit sworn by Mrs. Morrison cannot agree on even the simplest
"I propose to put her at heri "Perhaps you remember before advice about daily living. Take to restrain the defendant from which stated that Mrs. Morrison peril. She has to behave herself, the war the fashionable treatment exercise. One general practitioner number of duga, birds---
keeping or suffering to be kept a
was one of the first to import in a similar way as other people, for digestive troubles was Bulgar tells his middle-aged, sedentary Mr. Justice Bennett-Why do Japanese spaniels into this coun-in similar circumstances would ian sour milk. It was proclaimed
try. She never lopt animals for have to." You never hear patient to take up golf. Another you want to restrain birds? to work wonders,
profit, but only for a hobby. She Mr. Party-That, in fact, musi Mr. Vaisey-If you have ever of it now. The craze to-day is will warn him that, after sitting
cockatoo (laugh- took Kemal Warren in order to menn a removal of the animals. for pasteurised milk, and even at a desk all the week, to indulge lived next to a
Mr. Justice Bennett agreed. "I reduce expense of keeping two pre- ter). there half the profession is on one in strenuous exercise like golf at side and half on the other, and the the week-end will do him
Mr. Justice Bennett-I was think-mises as she had been used to do, am only concerned," he said, "in more ing of thrushes and nightingales,
Mr. Justice Bennett-The only seeing that her neighbours live in most eminent living surgeon has declared that the only safe method
which you have to listen to whe point is whether there in a noise reasonable comfort. This sort of and smell. You cannot keep 50 thig is wholly unreasonable. 1. ther you like it or not. is to boll every drop of milk that
dogs in a place like this without am finding against her on
evidence." comes into your house."
any noise.
harm than good.
Then there is the doctor who gives his patient a bottle whether "What about." I inquired, "the campaign of the famous physician he needs it or not. Ami the other who tells the nation that the whole type who on the slightest provoca- gospel of health is to be found in tion sends him to a specialist, who wholemeal bread, uncooked green will pocket three gulnens for tell- vegetables and raw fruit?"
"Bee in his bonnet 1" was the emphatic reply. "This doctrine of rough feeding sets people consum ing the husks that the swipe did eat. And what happens? Those with deleate digestions get worse
Mr. Valsey said the action was to restrain the defendant from causing, by keeping the animals,
63 DOGS INSIDE
the
Mr. Purry asked for time to prove his evidence, but Mr. Justice
any nuisance to the complainanta. Mr. Parry said his client sald there Bennett said he would grant an in- Harold Molins, the owner of Mul-plaint on the score of cleanliness. of the notice of motion.
The complainant WAS Mr. was no possible, cause for conjunction with costs in the terms
barton Court, Chislehuret, Some
ing him there is really nothing the mitigation of the nuisance had matter. However, since 75 per been made since the motion was rent. of patients simply want to originally before them on April have their fears set at rest, they 30 and stood over until to-day for are getting value for their money" the removal of certain large dogs. which had been rumoved from the "So it's pretty much a matter of premises.
disorders than ever and seek some faith healing in both cases?" [ other medical adviser, who tells suggested. them that by eating bulky, course
LARGE DOGS REMOVED The removal of the large dogs had not get rid of the nuisance.
food they are simply poisoning The doctor actually winked. for there was a number of small themselves. The funny thing is,""Exactly," he nodded. “And we dogs which had been causing a ho added, "that the roughage might do worse. you know, considerable nuisance. theorists are usually the very Heaven help us all!"
Mr.
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