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5. Observation of Ultra-violet Light in Hong Kong-II; (Summer Results to be published by Queen's Hospital, Honolulu).
6. Colorimetric Determination of Fructose and Sucrose in Various Mixtures; (Presented at the dedication of the new Science Building, Lingnan University).
Papers under preparation now include the following:---
I. A New Colorimetric Method for the Estimation of Adrenalin.
2. A New Colorimetric Method for the Identification and Estimation of Tryptophane, Both Free and Combined.
3. How to Keep Fit in the Tropics in Summer.
4. Drugs for the Reduction of Scar Formation.
5. A New Remedy for Sprain, Contusion and other Mechanical Injuries.
6. Further Modification of the Direct Nesslerization Method for the Separate Estimation of Plasma Proteins.
Besides these investigations, attention is at present being directed towards the subject of blood groups amongst the Southern Chinese, a subject of great anthropological and clinical as well as physiological importance.
March 13th, 1929.
L. S. RIDE, Professor of Physiology.
DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY.
Staff:-Joseph L. Shellshear, D.s.o., M.B., CH.M., (Professor of
Anatomy).
R. J. Wong, M.B., CH.M., (Tutor in Anatomy).
E. W. Kirk, M.B., CH.B., F.R.C.S.E., (Demonstrator in
Anatomy).
The work of this Department comprises the teaching of medical students in the Second and Third Years of the medical curriculum.
The classes are divided into junior and senior groups and include courses in Enbryology, Histology, Neurology, and General Anatomy.
J. L. SHELLSHEAR, Professor of Anatomy.
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY.
The Reader in Biology arrived in the Colony in November 1928 and took over the Department from Major Beamish, R.A.M.C., who had been temporarily in charge. He found the Deparment very badly equipped in every respect. There were no stores of Chemicals, preserved specimens, or apparatus, and very little glass, and no evidence existed to show that Botany had ever been taught in the University.
A grant of $2,000 was recommended by the finance com- mittee and the majority of this has been spent on equipment a large portion of which has not yet arrived in the Colony.
The Department is temporarily housed in a single laboratory (and an office) in the School of Tropical Medicine but the Senate has decided that suitable accommodation should be provided as soon as possible. Plans are being prepared of the conversion of the two storied building at present occupied by the University coolies, into a Biology building and it is hoped that this building will be ready before next session.
Owing to the complete absence of Second year students the Reader has been able during the past term to devote his energies to the reorganization of the Department and to the 1st Year Students. In spite of the difficulties mentioned the standard of the classes held during the term has been at least equal to that of similar classes held in English Universities. Pre-Medical Students. 1928.
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