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London, July 5-What is claimed which concerns the extraction of ra only comparatively recently by Siamese scientists to be a gigan-hydnocarpus oil which comes from that Siamese experts had come to tic step forward in the treatment of the tree of that name and which is the conclusion that better value perhaps the most dread disease that used to great advantage in thecould be obtained from the use of disease the oil if it were extracted from over afflicted humanity-leprosy-treatment of leprosy was revealed to the United Press more prevalens than is generally freshly
freshly picked fruit accomplished GRAND HOTEL DES WAGONS, tting a Collection. cerrespondent by His Royal High-supposed inasmuch as there are over ness Purchatra, Prince of Kam-four million sufferers throughout linguist. He knows German and baeng Mejra, brother of the King the world.
His English and Freich of Siam and Siamese Minister of
are uent. His knowledge of the latter two is such that he has been Commerce and Communications.
Referring to the treatment of
able to obtain coveted "university This oil, according to promin honours through them. Phydeocarpus oil which the 1928 an
Among ent scientists, is considerably more nual report of the British Empire, effeacious than even the Chinese other things he has accomplished Leprosy Relief Association predict
versity and he is a qualified en of leprosy within the next decade," fore the oil was applied on patients gineer both in England and in would stamp out the scourge prepared Chaulmoogra oil. Elereta-rilliant work at Cambridge Uni-
suffering from" leprosy after. it had the Prince described how a new way undergone a process of extraction of treating the oil was expected to from the dried fruit of the hydno
farther revolutionise the treat-
carpus tree. After considerable ex ment of the disease. During the inperimenting, however, experts in terview, he also revealed plans to
the laboratories of the Siamese
France.
he said smilingly adding: They "Princes are like everybody else," must work. In fact," he continued,
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Individualists,
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The Prince said his government- was not troubled with the usual social problems. There is no Pro- hibition question in Siam, he said: Nor did Communism exist. to any" extent there except, he explained, among the Chinese element in his by country.
of broadcasting and a covering a new process of treatment nounced the official opening of! Siam's first radio station on 17
Now, instead of extracting it meters within the next few weeks: from the dried fruit, as was done,
Jazz in Bangkok,
is China, we secure it from freshly picked fruit. This method has Educational talks, Siamese severat advantages. Besides being "he paused to cheaper, because it obviates the amile then added: American jazz amount of labour involved in dry- from the best hotel in Bangkok, willing the fruity etc., the ng process Ir broadcasted at different times. enables the oil to be prepared in Then with a serious look on his the form of "ethyl esters " face he continued:
means of which it can then be in- 亲爱 But, you know, we Siamese arejected with a hypodermic needle. essentially a people who love the "This is considered to be a tre- much so that I believe the time has simple and primitive life. The ma-mendous improvement on the old jority of our people have no use method of treating the disease. We for, modern fashions, silk stockings, are so satisfied with its value and lip-sticks and bobbed hair.. Unlike importance that the process is to be the peoples of some other countries, placed in the bands of certain curs do not seem to "flock to our Siamese industrial congeras.' cities and desert the land. Perhaps
Accomplished Linguist. we have not reached, that stage yet: because ours is mainly an agricul- **You see," he added, the hydnocarpus tree will not grow tural country.'
"The Siamese," he explained. are individualists. In fact, so come when our ten million people. must be taught the science of co- operation. Bat we are going to teach then economics first. Is it not
more important that they should know how to earn their living and have plenty to eat than it is for them to worry about politics?
"Our political troubles in Siam
Gur
At this point the Prince explain-verywhere. The land of my coun-are reduced to a strict minimum. ed that his trip abroad was mainly try is especially suitable for its His Majesty the King is beloved to arrange outlets for Siamese raw development and we, of course, and respected by his subjects. You materials, thus indirectly en- make a specialty of it. But see it could not be otherwise. His couraging the country's agricul we desire the treatment to be avail-people are satisfied, happy and con tural inclinations by providing an able to the world at large, so we tented. And why shouldn't they be? improved, market for her producg- are doing the beat we can to hasten Compared to any other country of entire size throughout the He explained that his government the production of seeds for exporta- was planning a substantial increase tion into the countries where the world, our trade balance is probably in Siam's output of tropical plantslimate will enable the tree to the most favourable."
He paused a moment, then fum- same of which can be turned into thrive." ramphor, others valuable as produc- The use of hydnocarpus oil for the bling in his pocket for a little note ing cajaput oils and vitamins: treatment of leprosy is not by any book which he promptly opened: "But," he said, by far the most means new, explained the Prince, Look," he said, and he showed two important development in our pro-adding that already three thousand figures:
Imports in 1928, Total: duction of plants which have years ago it was known to the medicinal properties, is the one Chinese. He said, however, that it |£18,270,000. Exports £25,100,000,"
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