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Dr. Clark's Lecture.

TUESDAY. MAY 9, 1922.

which had previously fed upon a complished at Khartoum, at Klang plague-infected fat or other mam-in the Federated Malay States and mal Their problem, therefore, st Hongkong, and the speaker was. was to reduce to a minimum the sure this would encourage them number of rat fisss and the ob-to redouble their efforts in this vious way to accomplish this was Colony to check the spread of this to reduce the number of rata în disesse, justly described as the Under the auspices of the any given community. It was most formidable enemy of man in Hongkong University Medical quite easy, by means of poison all tropical countries. Soolaty, a most interesting and traps, to produce a temporary | Dr. Clark said that, native pas- lecture:

"Man's 00

Insect reduction in the rat population, ple often were malaria reservoirs, Enemi*** Was KİYƏD Jast evening at the University by Dr. animals was such that any reduc-from human habitation might pon but the enormons fertility of these that Europeans many miles

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Francis Clark, former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine sud Medies tion brought about by these means tract malaris from their guides. Officer of Health for Hongkong. was abolished

faw The speaker gave some good ad- There was a large attendance, months. It was estimated that vice on the subject of the preven including many undergraduates one pair of healthy young ratation of mosquita breeding. Other Professor C. Y. Wang, M.D., given an ample food supply, would mesquito borne diseases referred Vice-President of the Hongkong have 900 descendants within twelve to were Yellow Fever. Dengue and University Medical Society, ce months, (Laughter), so that it Filiariasis, the last named bring cupied the chair, and the large would appear to be hopeless to ing elephantiasis. gathering included His Excellency expect thus to attain any per the Chancellor (Sir Edward manent reduction ia their number. Stubbs, K.C.M.G.), the Vice-Chan- There was moreover another point] collor and Lady Brunyate, Pro-to be onsidered, namely that ify and Typhoid, Dysentery and fessors Middleton Smith, K. H. during and after a rat-plague Cholers. Dr. Clark said it behoved Digby, H. G. Earle, Rev. H. Copley epidemic one destroyed by poisons to prevent the accumulation e Meyle, Dr. Saunders and Mr. the survivors of the epidemic, one any variety of animal droppings in H. B. L. Dowbiggin,

was destroying rats, that oad ac- the vicinity of our dwellings, as

Typhoid.

Coming to the common house

In introducing the lecturer, Dr. quired certain immunity to it is in this material that flies lay Too much care could Wang spoke of Dr. Clark's con-plague and they would be speedily their eggs. cection with the Colony, of the replaced by young non-immune not be exercised in preventing the interest he had displayed in rats a consummation not greatly access of flies to all classes of medical education in China, and to be desired. particularly in Hongkong, and of the active part he had taken in training studenta in the principles and practice of Western medicine they hope to control the rat popu-

Controlling Rat Population.

How then Dr. Clark asked could

food and in keeping down the number of such pests in the vicin ty of dwelling houses.

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The common housedy also was responsible for hookworm. It laid For a number of years he labouration? It seemed to him that its eggs in the earth, and to aroid ed devotedly in the interests of there was only one safe way of this disease one must be careful the Hongkong College of Medicine doing so, and that was by reducing not to walk barefoot over polluted and later of the University (Ap) a minimum their food supply. soil TO contaminate ane's) plause). He was the third Dean The average rat population of any hands therewith, while it was im-) of the College, the first two being ordinary human community was portant to prevent the earth in the The late Sir Patrick Manson and estimated to be not less than the neighbourhood of dwellings, or in Sir James Cantlie, and whilst he equal of the human population-the workings of mines, tunnels. held the position he was largely thus for England alone it was put etc., becoming polluted by excreta. Clarke's Blood Mixture responsible for bringing about the roughly a 36 millions-while the In passing. Dr. Clark said regard- union of the College with the value of the human food emsuming last week's cable from Fiji University. It was, therefore, no ed by these rodents was estimated announcing the success of a new exaggeration to say that had it not in English money at about £1 per form of treatment for this disease been for his active interest they rat annum, so that there were mast by the administration of carbon might not have had the building tegent commercial reasons for pre-tetrachloride, “We must not, how- in which they were assembled that renting the access of rats to food ever, claim the entire credit for day. (Applause).

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wharves work it merely followed up s sug-i loud applause. expressed great could be rendered rat proof by the gestion made by Veterinary Sur- pleasure in being back again in use of concrete and sheet iron, gron Hall of Washington last year, Hongkong after an absence of while dwellings could be eo cob-who had used carbon tetrachloride seven years and assured those structed as to afford n hiding for the treatment of dogs suffer- present that he esteemed it a very places for them, and the use of ing from hookworm.” high privilege to have been in-poison and traps could be reserved The lecturer touched on relaps- vited to address them on a subject for special campaigns, for ruraling fever, trench fever, typhus, which was of general interest to or sparsely populated districts sleeping sickness, infantile par- the undergraduates of all the and for the protection of growing falysis, and other aliments. faculties. He had the honour of crops which often suffered heavily.

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In conclusion, Dr. Clark said: learning, and he was truly glad But rali fed not only upon such

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that I do not ask you to wage war efford as human beings lived upon.) Hongkong was rapidly assuming but also open the garbage and upon all insects there are not the position of the premier educa-refuse which they rejected and

less than half a million different) tional institution for China (Ap-cast on one side, and in order! species-but only прос those plause Dr. Clark did not think therefore, to keep the rat popula- which are known to convey disease The could do better than plough tion within boards it was essen-r are destructive in other direc

again one small corner of that tial that no such garbage be left ticas. Many insects cerve a most wast held of preventive medicine accessible 的 them.

useful purpose in the scheme of In ther which had engaged so large a words the problem of the prever there would be no such thing for life, for without their assistance share of his theaghts and ener-tion of plague resolved itself into gies for the past thirty years. a question of efficient scavenging. instance as the cross fertilization He proposed to deal with certain combined with the rat proofing of of Bowers, and we | diseases of man which were com-dwellings, of stables and co-many of the most delicious fruits municated to him, either directly sheds and of all stores for food. Man seams, moreover, to know in- that at present grace car tables. for indirectly, by some member of but the greatest of these WAX

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the insect world, but before doing scavenging. All food refuse should stinctively more or less which are so would like to say that whilst be placed at once in covered metal the harmful insects, for I think the treatment of disease was a receptacles which should be emp-you will admit that all of us have matter solely for trained physi-tied at frequent intervals, while distinct prejudice against these clans and surgeons. the preven- the constant cleansing of streets I have enumerated 21 disease tion or avoidance of disease was and back of yards and of all open species are known to be destruc- carriers. A small number of a subject which vitally concerned spaces contiguous to dwellings the whole community. It was, should be the first care of every live in other directions than by the therefore, well within their pro-householder. And at moreover conveyance of disease for in- vince, whether they be prince or the rat was by nature

stance the boll wearil of cotton a night pauper, engineer, merchant or prowler, isscing from its

which is making the cultivation of nest priest, to study those conditions after dark to seek food for itself that commodity increasingly dif which would enable them to lead and its progeny, it was doubly malt. Then we have the Argen a healthy and useful life and toportant that these open spaces:

tine ant which has spread over avoid the hidden dangers which should be cleared of refuse all the world since 1897 and does dogged their footsteps from the landown, and that no fresh refuse reat damage both to the orange; should be cast there during the and the coffee crops while in cer- hours Bubonic Plague.

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bird life by devouring the nest Proceeding to refer to bubonic the destruction of rats and rat fleasings and is even said to have eaten plague, a disease well known in on beard ships calling at plague babies in their cradles. Beetles of the Colony, which bad scourged infected ports and the prevention various kinds are busy destroying mankind at intervals for the past of the access of rats to ships from the oak roofs of Westmister Hall,! three thousand years, Dr. Clark wharves and vice versa for it was St. Paul's Cathedral and many said it was a deplorable fact tha by ships that the disease was most other of our most treasured monu-i in India alone had been recorded frequently spread from one comests of the past, while you are

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the upon the species of mosquito that much of the success of pre- Remedios (-75) meets E. de languid and their appetitefickle. first to prove that there was an which is the actual carrier of the ventive work depended upon the Yvanovich (-800) meets F. Brom- guaranteed absolutely harmless Ѕсиза (~75), May 23rd; P. Baby's Own Tablets are Intermediary or carrier which in infection, and since then many intelligent co-operation of the gealey (-150), May 24th. this case was the flea; when a workers buve fully confirmed the eral public. It was evident that rat or other small animal died of truth of Manson's and Roald if complete success was to be mence each evening at 6 p.m.

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its far deserted their host and interview with Sir Ronald Ross, along the proper lines was the first sought a fresh one, and if they published in The Times on Decem essential factor. Dr. Clark's ad- failed to find another of the same ber 29th of last year, he stated dress came at a timely moment. Clark for his preventive work in regular development species htey must perforce be that the best work done in the Dr. Wang said it was gratifying this Colony. The Chairman con- content with some other warm-direction of the practical applica- to note that in the interview with cluding by expressing grateful 60 cents the vial from the Dr. blooded animal, and thus man betion of these principles to the pre-Sir Ronald Rose in the Times a thanks to came infected by the bite of a ffeavention of malaria had been "as-deserved tribute was paid to Dr. address.

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