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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1913.

"Englishmen need not waste Buy more anxiety over the hullabaloo about the physical de- generacy of the race, for wo will all be giants in a few generations, and none of us will ever grow old,

The Unhealthiest place in the World.

if the latest scientific discovery Dr. von Gorkom of Batavia fulfils its dazzling promise," said recently read a paper there be a distinguished London surgeon fors a large and interested audio a Daily Chronicle" repre- enco, in which he alluded to

sentative quite recently.

This sounds like a rather tall Batavia as the most unhealthy place in the world. He put for order, but there are greater. ward many proofs in support of possibilities of truth in it than his contention, including the "ppear on the surface. It is based great death rate amongst the on the polyglandular extriot dis- natives, especially by small-pox. covered by Dr. Frank R. Shankey, The speaker insisted upon mos fof Philadelphia, USA, after sures being taken for systematic many years of research and ex- inoculation. He showed by experimenting, but only recently. amples the favourable resulta of announced to the medical world. sanitary work under the most un. For a decade or more Dr. Sharkey favourable conditions in the has been indefatigable in his tropics. He concluded by urging quest for a formula which would that such work should be notive-act as an aid to nature in her work ly continued in Batavia.

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"Ia 480 cases in which the poly- camera long enough for thres ex- of building and rebuilding the glandular solution was used, not posures, two of them occupying ever changing cells of the human one showed any unpleasant reac-from seven to ten minutes, to be body. He finally got his cluetion, while the test proved that made; and the manner of this Bangkok is looking forward to from the experiment of Dr George/not only could scarlet fever, ty-reproduction is claimed to be so a display of aviation, Mr. W Alexander Gibson, an English phoid, pneumonia, influenza, simple and set so absolutely true Hahn, representative of M. Kouz- minsky, the aviator, having physician, who succeeded in add-tuberculosis, epilepsy, rheumat- to every point of detail that the ism, and other acute and chronic finished print can be placed on arrived to make arrangements for ing eight inches to the stature of exhibitions there. M. Kouzminsky bay of eighteen years by a com- diseases be cured, but also that the market at a cost several times who flies a Bleriot machine with paratively simple treatment of old age could be postponed for below that by which any similar a Gnome engine, las recently thyroid extract. Working along many years, and the physical colour-print can be produced

these lines ultimately rosulted in

health rejuvenated in an astonish- under any system at prosent. been engaged in a successful tour through China. Ho flew over of the thyroid gland, which has.

an elixir made from the extracting manner. The solution is not Mr. Stephan has obtained world A cure all,' but it raises the de-patents for his invention, a fact the Forbidden City it Peking opened up an entirely new field fensive functions to a high de which in itself is of considerable and appe red with great success at Hongkong and Macao, and

in organotherapy. many other places. He generally

Hypodermic Injection: "This polyglandular extract is

gree of efficiency and facilitates the destruction of pathogenic organisms.

adolescence and distributing the By treating people in their

significance, for in Germang,. where the rest of the world may learn much in the matter of high- rises to a height of 1,000 metros not taken into the stomach, but is

would have to show substantial grade printing, such a patent or more, and is an experienced administerad hypo-dermically, or airman, having been engaged in by intra-muscular injection, this proportion among their glands, it novelty before receiving protec the profession during the last two latter method giving more rapid should be possible to produce a tive rights. On the face of it, and a half years. He is said to results. By intravenous injection race of giants, of dwarfs, or of Mr. Stephan has evolved a pro be a nephew of the late. Count the remedial agent is introduced goggle-eyed idiots. Indeed, auto-cess fur in advance of any Tolstoy," Straits Times."

directly into the circulating blood, psies have shown that many thing hitherto accomplished; Arabla Ready for Holy War. sad the action becomes almost giants present a remarkable ever- and the exhibits he has The following appears in the instantaneous. The human body growth of the pituitary gland. ou view in George street, Arabic newspaper Acriada" of is composed of a vast army of Why some people should posses which only touch the fringe of Central Arabia News to hand celle, numbering many billions, many billions of cells more than what such an invention, when states that Emin Eba Rachid in each one having a specific fund other people has long been a mys-commercially applied, is capable, at the head of more than 20,000tion of its own, yet depending for tery, Starting from a singlecell, are of very great interest on this men of his tribe. All are fully very life itself upon certain vital less than 1-125 of an inch in dia account. armed and equipped. He is busy organs and ductless glands which meter, the growth goes on, multi- near Libua waiting for the orders are continually manufacturing a plying by division. When the divi- of his sovereign to declare a Holy physical rougent necessary to the ion ceases the growth stops, but War, in or lor to be the first to existence of life.

in many cases it may be stimulated by administration of thyroid. Ltis a known fact that the intersection of the thryiod and pituitary

attack the onemios of Islam. He

"The process known as met is said to wish to set an example abolism is directly controlled by to all Arab tribes, and incite some these glands, which may be said to

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of them to punish those who are correspond to the officers of an glands is responsible for the sti- unfaithful to Government, and to army. The pituitary gland, locat. mulus to growth, controlling the reduced to discipline all those ed in a depression at the base of extent to which it proceeds.' sowing disorder in the country. the skull, is the general, while the As a result several Arab tribes thyroid gland in the throat, just have risen and unlooked for below the jaw, is the officer next happenings are anticipated in in rank. No long us all these offi- Arabia,

cers are in good health, just go long does the army of cells do its work properly, But let one of them become diseased or impaired in its usefulness, and the whole army is disastrously affected.

The Late Sir M. Davles:

Sydney Man's Interesting

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An echo of the groat Australian financial crisis comes from Mel- bourne in a cabled report of the death of Sir Matthew Davies, once Speaker of the Victorian Parlia

There is just one thing to be prints, produced by ment. In the eighties Sir Matt-done-restore the commanders to hew was the chief among the health as quickly as may be. In Melbourne land-boomers, and other words, any disturbance of besides making a huge fortune these glands lowers the vitality. on paper by his personal deal-impairs resistance, and lays the ings in land, was the head of a system open to the invasion of firm of solicitors which represent-disease.

He has copied in perfect detail and colour a bank-note originally issued as impossible of imitation he has delightful prints of Japan- ese art; he has copies of plumaged bird pictures, and copies of other art colourings, all of whish tendto corroborate the case he makes out for the almost absolute infallibility of the process which he has per- fected, and is now placing upon the market..

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M. P's. As Actors, A play by Lady Lever, entitled "The Insurance Aot," was pro- duced at the North Camberwell Aninteresting display of colour-Radical Club on Boxing Night. & now photo-The first act deals with the chromo process, the invention of present view of the Act among Mr... Stephan, of Sydney, forme the working classes; the second perhaps the most interesting part seeks to set forth their view & PLUNKET'S being held of oil and other paint- of the exhibition which is now year hence.

An interesting feature of the ings, the work of Mr. P. W. performance is the fact that two Maroney, at 327. George-street, of the parts were played by ed most of the big speculative "The physiological accretion of Sydney

members of Parliament and two Mr. Stephan claims to have by daughters of members. The companies. When the crash came, the thyroid stimulates mental, Sir Matthew had a long way to mascular, and collular activity, improved upon anything pre-cast includes Miss de Burgh, fall, and his arrest on a warrant had this marked influence over viously known in the printing Miss . Wiles, and Miss Elsie

world, and the samples he has Macnamara, B.A.,

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at Colombo, when on his way to tissue interchange explains why on view auggest great commerci- Macpherson, M.P., and Mr. A. Great Britain, is a matter of thyroid extract is useful in many al and artistic possibilities. By Richardson, M.P. Australian history. He escaped diseases, ospecially those duo to

a term of imprisonment by the toxic substances in the blood. a photographic process, Mr. very narrowest margin, and retir-Simple thyroid proparations, how Stephan is able to faithfally

ed into a very discreet privacy ever, are not always desirable in reproduce, with the assistance of which he maintained for the the treatment of disease because the printing machine, anything

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Singapore's Wet Season. I am informed, Dr. Sharkey has It is a long time since Sign-in his elixir combined the thyroid pore has experienced such a wet extract with that of certain other year end as the present, says the glands to harmonise their physio-

Straits Times" of January 3. logical action, although more rain is to be ex- Remarkable Experiments. pected at this time of the year.. "Four years ago ho began a Apparently from all reports from series of experiments with fifty the East Coast, where the mon- volunteer subjects, ranging in age soon is still going strong, as well from twenty-five years, all in good as from southern parts of the health and all above the average in Peninsula, they are having the education and intelligence. After a same experience. One notice week on a weighed dieteach sab- able feature

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