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PHARMACOLOGY.
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Thore was difference in the Committee about the
place of Pharmacology in a Medical course in
Hong Kong. A soientific study of the subject manifestly would
place it among the major subjects of the curriculum: it would be
the matter of a Department with its own Professor. Whis lus is
not universally conceded in all Eritish Universities, nor is thore
convincing evidence of its importance in the curriculum that this
organization would suggest.
Hitherto the teaching has been done
Medical Jurispru-
dence and
by
Radiology.
part-time lecturers
-
members of the Colonial Medical organiza-
tion.
Modical Jurisprudence and Radiology were taught by the Government
Medical Officers who held specialist, appointments.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
The importance of this Department of medical
education in the conditions of Hong Kong cannot be
In order to achieve a closc
be overstressed.
integration of teaching and practice it was agreed that the Deputy
Director of the Modical Servicos of the Hong Kong Government should
hold also the Professorship in the University. The arrangement had
not worked long enough before the War to justify a judgment of
its success or failure. A museum of Hygiene was in prosors of
developing when War supervened. A post-graduate course held in
1940 was attended by about forty medical men, mainly from China,
and this experience convinced the University Council that it
would be justified in making provision for a course for Diploma
in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene if it could be done well enough to
earn the recognition from the appropriate authority in the United
Kingdom. In such a case it might be necessary for the Professor-
ship to become a full time appointment. The pinimum staff would
become:
1 Professor
2 Lecturers
and in addition teaching in Diploma course would require
co-operation with the Department of Tathology and Medicine.