THE HONGKONG® TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1938.
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Apply For Free Lungs
HONGKONG HOSPITALS ARE APPLYING for the free "iron lungs" offered by Lord Nuffield to every hospital and health institution in the British Empire.
It is expected that up to five thousand iron lungs will be re-l quired to fulfil Lord Nuffield's promise, representing a capital| sum of about £500,000. Bach lung will cost £98 to make.
Lord Nufeli la to present up to four artificial respirators to any bem fide institution in the Empire. Itongkong Is Included in the scheme.
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Medle Research, Oxford, This fact war not stated in the original "Reuter' ares are
The "Teft struph" yesterday event an tel.phoned several Hongkong bus- pitals lu inform them of this fact. They all intend making immediate|| application.
Dr. S. W. Tso Chairman of the Committee of the Alice Memortal Hospital, said: "It is a very, veryį
generous elfer on the part of Lord Nulled, I am writing imm:d'ate'y¦ to work if the Alice Memorial Hospital 1410 ohtain one of these invaluable
purators.
Dr. P. S. Selwyn-Clarke, Director of Medical Services, zaldi
interested in car of the offer,
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The fron lung. Dr mechanical breathing apparatus is invaluable in Infantile paralysis, respiratory diseases and resuscitation of thej apparently drowned,
AUSTRALIAN INVENTION
The hung which Lord Nulleld is making and producing was designed by Mr. E. T. Both, a young South Australian during the severe epidemic of Infantile paralysis which broke out in Victoria lust year.
Following its success in Australia, arrangements were made for the
nufacture of the apparatus iss Fagland.
Iron Lung Saved This.
Man In China
CHICAGO, Dec. 8. FREDERICK D. SNITE, Jr., whose lue was saved in Clina by an iron lung when he was stelcken with infandle paralysis whilst on a tour of the Far East, has a new "breathing hari,”” which not only pertulis him to 8 up, but is a hundred thnes tighter than his old "boller" outfit.
The lucky Infantile paralysis vletim, who gela a kick out of life despite his two years in a reclining position with a Jung that weighs half a ton, hoped his new 141, respirator would chable him to see more of the world,
Two years ago he was stricken in Pelplug. He travelled from Pelplog to Shanghal in an Fran Jung, which was placed aboard a Epecial train, and was then trafisterred to Dollar liner, which took him back to United States.--Unitest Press.
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| May (19391 "Aly imnæediate concern," said Lord July (1938) Nuffed,
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"The largest hospitals will receive! tree or four iron hunts, and every December.. institution will be entitled to receive Mar. (1039) one no matter in what part of the May Sept. British Empire it is situated.
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"In places, where an electricity Oct. supply is not available, this type of Iron lung can be operated by hand.
"Cases of infantile paralysis have May been kept In one of these respirators | July for as long as nine months, and then con pletely cured.
"Without a respirator, survival for
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tro lungs and their scarcity 1 December RONALD decided to manufacture and present | May COLMAN them, free of charge, to institutions į July
In Great Britain and the Empire which have a genuine need for them.
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"I am starting with one thousand, nor will manufacture them until every hospital in the Empire which can use a respirator will have one." Lord Nutiteld then Invited applico- tions, which
marked should be "Respirator," from superintendents o! hospitals and appropriate institutions throughout the Empire.
A serious epidemic of infontife paralysis raged through North China
last year.
Hongkong. fortunately, has been fairly Inmane from the dread disease, although isolated cases have
ryed here.
Hitler To Talk With His Chiefs
Germany's Attitude Ovor The Italian Demonstrations
of the
Paris, Dec. 8. Belo,e leuving for Derlin, Herr von Ribbentrop reported that Herr Hitler intended to
summon the Foreign Mister and high officials Back Party and the atmy to Munich lancdiately to study the situation precipitated as a result of France's direet question as 10 Germany's Intim in the event that Italian claims
to Tanis provoked a war.
Thewands of police guarded lear von Hibbentrop and his ruite while they boarded special cars t The Gare da Invalides,
31. Georges Bonnet bade a cordial farewell to The Heich Foreign Minister.
Meanwhite siunion
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remates angry. Mudent
I paradag at Toulouse and Strasbourg.
-United Press.
8 Airliner Passengers Feared Dead
Nahu, Loochoo Islands, Dee. 9. The fate of the eight passengers of the Fuji, H-seater Douglas plane of the Japan Aviation Corporation which crashed off this city on Thurs- day morning on 13 way from Ta hoku. in Formosa, for Fukuoka. in Kyushu. is now almost despaired of.
With the combined search for the missing occupants proving futile, the |search parties returned to this city after 10 o'clock last night. Efforts will be renewed this morning.
Two persons were rescued and two bodies were recovered yesterday
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Two Chinese Die For Their Flag
Chungking. Dec. I. Two Chinese youths were executed yesterday by the Japanese in Pootung for hoisting the Chinese dag (bearing the blue sky and the white sun), ne- cording to a Shanghai report,
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Vault Defies Police
Fremont, Q. Herman R. Schneider, pollee chief, worked 30 minutes trying to open a safe but was unsuccessful al- though he used a sledge hammer, chise and drill, all taken from prisoners. The manager of de- partment store, unable to open his safe, had appealed to the chief for ald.
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