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A 1931 PARAMOUNT SUPER-PRODUCTION

MARLENE

DIETRICH

The new screen Beauty whose resemblance to GRETA GARNO is the rage of two continents

in

"MOROCCO"

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The Magnificent Enchantress of the Talking Screen!

BEAUTIFUL! Rav

ishing! Marlene Dietrich, the rage of A continents! two woman whose life is love. See her bring the Legion of the Dead,

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A Paramount Picture with

GARY COOPER ·

MARLENE DIETRICH.

ADOLPHE MENJOU

A JOSEF VON STERNBERG PRODUCTION

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DATABLISHED

1845

大英四月十四號 禮拜二 中華民國辛未年式月廿七日

HONG KONG, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1931.

WONDERS OF

SURGERY.

Wood's Discovery.

shown by a British surgeon to be of great advantage in the toxaemia engendered by obstruction of the bowel.

Surgeon Not Lagging ment is placed in a state of solution years is known as the Graham test,

Behind Scientists.

RECENT ADVANCES.

these enlightened times, when the mind of man is occupied with the wonders of modern science and engineering, examplified on the one hand by wireless telegraphy and on the other by bridges and various vehicles of transport, and more es- pecially in this year of economic stress, when we are apt to consider that our lot is hard, it would be of considerable benefit to our self- Inflicted ills were we to ponder for a moment and to realize how much better off than our forefathers we really are in respect of what is, After all, of greatest Importance➡| our good health. The surgeon is not lagging behind his brother- scientists in the care of the great- cat and most wondrous of all machines the human body. Who * surgeon? And what the

nature of his art?

The discovery by Alexander Wood, of Edinburgh, in 1953, of hypoder- mic injections by means of a hollow needle, rendered possible the more

Another Wonder, rapid and exact exhibition of drugs. In this method the required medica- Another wonder of the past five

beneath the skin. Only those who after the American aurgeon-a have been relieved almost instant-

recent visitor to pur shores-who aneously. when suffering acute pain introduced it to the surgical world. can appreciate its advantage.

Its essential feature is that a drug Cocaine for local anaesthetic pur, which rejoices in the name of poses was first injected by Von Sodiumtetraidophe nolphthalein, 'is Anrep in the year 1879. Its swallowed. Absorption takes place analgesic properties had been pre-from the intestine, and secretion in the liver. The substance is opaque viously observed by many men. This drug is admirable for the to X-rays, and may now be shown prevention of local pain, but has by the radiographer. Should the also very definite poisonous pro- | dye fail to enter the gall bladder, perties. Of recent years many sufe the logical inference is drawn that alternatives of this preparation are its duct is blocked. Of atill more in daily use to the practice of recent knowledge, and used for the surgery.

first time In Sydney during the current year, in Uroselectan. This is injected Into one's veins, and X-ray photograph of the urinary excreted by the kidneys, when an

tracts may be taken. Speaking of these organa, it is now commonplace, for the surgeon actually to inspect, the interior of the bladder, and to collect urine from either kidney. Last century this procedure was practically unknown. The services of the bio-chemist are daily utilised to determine the function of the kidneys, in particular, by estimating the amount of urea present in the blood. By this and numerous other tests, the efficiency of these organs becomes a known quantity.

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X-rays were discovered by Pro- fessor Rontgen in Wurzburg in December, 1895, whilst he experimenting on the passage of was

electricity through rarefied gases. The element radium was isolated from its compounds by Madame Curie in 1910.. Its presence had been discovered by the same obser- ver and her husband some years previously.

In cases of certain diseases of the

Slight Risk of Operations, The reader will now realise how comparatively new is the scientific knowledge upon which modern surgery has built its sure founda- tion. In the pre-Listerlan era, to submit to a major surgical pro- cedure was to court death. Now, it may truly be said that a leisurely stomach and intestince, surgery walk down one of Sydney's mein now has the valuable diagnostic ald streets is fraught with more risk of raidography after the ingcation to life than a modern surgical | of an opaque meal. operation, provided always that the patient's general health be good. More than this, should the subject be in weak condition, the surgeon is able, in many instances, to improve the physical atate, by taking advan

Rubber Gloves.

Guy de Chaullac has written: "The conditions necessary for the surgeon are four: First, he should be learned; second, he should be expert; third, he must be ingenious; and fourth, he should be able to adapt himself.". Hippocrates said, 450 years before Christ: "The surgeon must be prepared not only to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the assistants, accessories, and surroundinga. co-¡ tage of the almost daily observa- | assistants, was scarcely known. operate with him,"

Special Dedication.

Twenty years ngo, the Иве об surgical rubber gloves to protect the patient from germs carried on the hands of the surgeon and his

tions of his colleagues. If, for To-day, the wisdom of this precau- example, he be exhausted by the tlon is universally practised. loon of body. fluids from frequent vomiting, his immediate needs may

evening, the fears of himself and his friends are naturally increased, and the local doctor is summoned. Should the unlucky one belong to, for these purposes, the unfortunate class, who cannot afford the expense

Do any of us realise just how Upon the nature of his art we

are called into may quote to-day's President of the be supplied, by injecting into his many individuale Royal College Surgeons of England veins a solution of glucose (qugar) activity when a citizon is suddenly (Lord Moynihan of Leeds): "Sur- with an appropriate dose of insulin, I attacked by an abdominal crisis- gery is not only a craft, though to enable the tissues to make use of for instance? The patient usually craftsmanship of a high order is this readily absorbed food. Insulin. becomes abruptly aware during the casential. It is a profession to is probably the most brilliant day, that something is amiss. By which a man should feel not only medical discovery of the last decade. complete devotion, hat also a sense The honour of this benefit belongs of special dedication Its practice to Banting of Toronto, Canada. As requires the most flawless integrity is generally known, it was intro- in thought and act. It is not light- duced for the treatment of diabetes, ly to be undertaken by any who and its main use occurs in the prac- have that surrendered to an iron food be the cause of the patient's is called, and he is conveyed to one not first tee of the physician. If loss of of private treatment, an ambulance ters of their art."" It was actually slender hold on life, blood trans- of our great public hospitals, where within the lifetime of some of our fusion can now be safely practised. he is admitted by the senior realdent readers that a Briton (Lord When this procedure was first medical man on duty, This officer Lister) on March 16, 1867, publish- known, there was considerable dan- in turn telephones the surgeon of ed his first paper on the subject of ger not only to the recipient, but the week, and announces that "an Antisepsis, and be it noted that this also to the donor. Now, owing to acute abdomen has been admitted freely acknowledged accurate observations made during into one of your beds, sir." While the work of his French contempor- the Great War, that blood falls into the surgeon is on his way the night ary (Pasteur).

certain groups, some of which are sister is informed and hastens to The first surgical operation under not compatible with others, the prepare the theatre assisted by two generous nurses. A consultation is held, and general anaesthesia was performed safety of accepting the on October 16, 1846, by Dr. John offer of one human being to give if necessary, the patient is prepared ward by an- his life's blood to save another may for operation in the C. Warren at the Massachusetts be determined with scientific accur other nurse, and transferred to the General Hospital, Boston, U.S.A. The anaesthetic agent used was

acy. The giver may go about his theatre by the wardaman. He is sulphuric sther, and it was admin- daily business without fear. For there anaesthetised by a doctor, and

famous man

dread Bome

accompaniments of the needful work done by the sur- istored by Dr. William T. & wounds, specific anti-seru of great geon aided by one or two qualified Morten, dentist of the same city eficiency are in daily use. We do assistants, a sister, and at least one Morton had previously experiment-

and an instrument ed upon himself, and volunteers to not sufficiently appreciate how many other nurse, test the safety and efficiency of his discovery.

which caused

suffering.

.

Modern surgery demands that, in difficult cases, the physiclan, patho- logist, bacteriologist, bio-chemist, radiographer, and anaesthelst shall

of our soldiers were spared the attendant who in urgent cases is lethal "lockfaw" by the routine in often also a medical man.

So that Jection of anti-titanic serum to all five doctors, four nurses, and a It was Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes wounded. Only during the past two wardaman will have all participated who suggested the name "ansesthe- or three years has a serum been in an endeavour to relieve human sia" for the state, with Its adjective perfected to attack the virulent gas "anaesthetic." Holmes himself forming organisma should be remembered with grati- such havoc from gas-gangrene in the tude by mankind for his essay on titanie combat. This serum is now "The Contagiousness of Puerperal being used in our public hospitals

by surgeons who know only too well, all be called to aid in determining: Fever," 1848.

the dreadful effects of this particu- the wisest course to pursue for the Chloroform was first used by Sirlar kind of germ. The lives of not preferment of the patient. But the James Young Simpson (Professor a few of our citizens have already conclusion

whole matter of Midwifery, Edinburgh Univer been saved by this important dis depends upon the judgment and eity) in 1848.

covery. Its use moreover, has beeh dexterity of the directing surgeon.

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William

HAINES

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J. C. MUGENT

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NEXT CHANGE

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Based on the play, "The Circle," by W. Somerset Maugham. Directed by David Burton.

With

LEWIS

Fetwyn

M

ALな

STONE

CATHERINE DALE OWEN

PAUL CAVANAGH

ERNEST TORRENCE

COMING

HORENZ ZIEGFELD MAMUEL GOLDWIN

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FROM W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM'S PLAY "TIE CIRCLE" THAT HAN TWO YEARS, ON BROADWAY,

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