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one and a half hours. With a view to prolonging the effect several other methods have been tried. Pantocain L (Bayer) has been the most satisfactory, giving in a small series of twenty cases a duration of anaesthesia from two and a quarter to three and a half hours. The routine use of nitrous oxide is prohibited by its high cost.
(B)
(b) Radiology, Electro-therapeutics and Massage.
In addition to a full-time Radiologist, two Radiographers and two Masseuses and Electrotherapists were on duty during the year at the Queen Mary and Kowloon Hospitals, assisted in both cases by an X-Ray Sister.
A remarkable increase in the activities of this sub-department has taken place in the past five years, as is evidenced from the figures in the table given below:-
1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 Massage and electrical treatment 10,579 12,947 18,077 10,465 11,775 Radiological examinations 3,076 3,991 4,897 5,511 6,690 Films exposed 5,477 8,208 8,577 9,193 12,784Table XVIII.
The equipment was augmented during the year by the purchase of a dental X-ray apparatus.
A considerable economy was effected in the routine use of X-ray paper instead of films.
In August, 1937, at the request of the Trustees of the Granville Sharp Estate, the Medical Department took temporary custody of 442 milligrammes of radium. The radium was made available for use in the Government Hospitals under the supervision of the Radiologist and for loan to private practitioners.
With the twenty milligrammes already owned by the Department a considerable number of cases of malignant disease were able to be treated.
3.-Victoria General & Maternity Hospital.
This Government hospital situated in the Peak District of Hong Kong Island was closed on the 7th of June, 1937, following upon the opening of the Queen Mary Hospital. It possessed forty-six general and twenty-six maternity beds mostly reserved for Europeans.
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one and a half hours. With a view to prolonging the effect several other methods have been tried. Pantocain L (Bayer) has been the most satisfactory, giving in a small series of twenty cases a duration of anaesthesia from two and a quarter to three and a half hours. The routine use of nitrous oxide is prohibited by its high cost.
(B)
(b) Radiology, Electro-therapeutics and Massage.
In addition to a full-time Radiologist, two Radiographers and two Masseuses and Electrotherapists were on duty during the year at the Queen Mary and Kowloon Hospitals, assisted in both cases by an X-Ray Sister.
A remarkable increase in the activities of this sub-depart- ment has taken place in the past five years, as is evidenced from the figures in the table given below:-
Massage and electrical
treatment
Radiological exainina-
tions
Films exposed
Table XVIII.
1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
10,579 12,947 18,077 10,465 11,775
3,076 3,991 4,897 5,511 6,690
5,477 8,208 8,577 9,193 12,784
The equipment was augmented during the year by the purchase of a dental X-ray apparatus.
A considerable economy was effected in the routine use of X-ray paper instead of films.
In August, 1937, at the request of the Trustees of the Granville Sharp Estate, the Medical Department took tem- porary custody of 442 milligrammes of radium. The radium was made available for use in the Government Hospitals under the supervision of the Radiologist and for loan to private practi-
tioners.
With the twenty milligrammes already owned by the Department a considerable number of cases of malignant disease were able to be treated.
3.-Victoria General & Maternity Hospital.
This Government hospital situated in the Peak District of Hong Kong Island was closed on the 7th of June, 1937, follow- ing upon the opening of the Queen Mary Hospital. It possessed forty-six general and twenty-six maternity beds mostly reserved for Europeans.
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