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ISOLATION OF LEPROSY

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH: MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1933.

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The scientists never cease their war on leprosy, Quietly and with- out spectacular publicity they work in their laboratories against this dread disease,

MEASURING THE What

NERVE Makes

SOME RECENT A Blonde?

EXPERIMENTS

THE NECESSITY OF STIMULUS

Chicago. An advance in this "war" has

Experiments in "measuring" the been announced by the Edward proper functioning of nervesan Wood Memorial, of Washington, thermometer registers temperature who state that the germ of leprosy changes were described to the has been isolated..

American Association for the Ad-

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All characteristics which people This has been done by Dr. Earlyaneeraunt of Science at Chiengo by derive from their parents are be B. McKinley, denn of George Professor A. V. HIB, of London lleved to be controlled by tiny Washington medical school, and University.

particles known na "genen," and

General Exchange and Banking Dostawa Dr. Malcolm H. Soule of tho

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"molecules" or bundles of atoms accounts opened. regarded as an important step along the nervea there

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In 1872 a Norwegian bacterio- by the central switchboard to the logist discovered the germ be-brain. This comparison of the them, are believed to control in-for use only on board P. & 0, and D., HANKOW

disease. It closely resembled that stallation, is closely accurate. For of tuberculosis. But the

mare just na telegraph wires can trans- establishment that leprosy was a mit only certain number of mes- germ disease was of little value|sages at a time, so, too, the im

in its conquest until the germ pulses which the nerves can carry could be taken into the laboratory are strictly limited. If the nerves

by being generation to generation through human cells. When a short man appears in a race of tall people, or a brunette turns up in a family that has been blonde for genera- tions, it is believed to be caused

particular "genca" that control height or hair colour.-Renter,

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and Atudied. This, it is claimed, Fare overlonded, "wire trouble" a change or "mutation" in the DANCING

can now be done-Router.

AUCTION BRIDGE

Kowloon C.C. Beat

Sports Club

The Kowloon Cricket Club beat the Sports Club by 2,450 points in an Auction Bridge match at the Sports Club on Friday. The following were the final standings of the couples:

begins.

In his survey of the working of nerves, Professor HIR used thermometer that registered a tem- perature change as small ns two- millionths of a degree. With this Instrument he found that nerves,

stimulated to work. like muscles, produce heat when

ELECTRICAL STIMULI.

He therefore applied, electrical- K.C.C.-R. E. Lindseil and M. N. stimuli to living nerves. He found Rakusen +784; E. C. Pincher

and

A. II. Carrall 4 2573; J. Baker and that, if a strong atimulus was given A. W. Brown 608; 1.. Jack and F.at, frequent intervals, the nerve Kristofersen - 400.

(continued to produce heat-but only up to a certain point. Too much stimulus resulted in a complete shut-down of the nerve's activity When the nerve was given too much work to do, said Professor Hill, it became "inhibited" and inoperative.

Sports Club:-M. K. Lo and M. H. Lo 1,260; V. E. Ducios and H. Leung +72; 9. S. Cook and H. F. Bunji 2,907; H. Le and M. Poltti+1,835.

SPORT ADVTS.

VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB,

The Open Championships of the Colony, for the following:-

Long Plunge and

Throwing the Polo Ball

It was at the same gathering that another paper of general interest was read. This was the address by Professor Ludwig Diels, of the University of Berlin, who disclosed some secrets of plant life.

He said that in the botanical

Moustaches Taboo in Andalusia

WOMEN OBJECT

Madrid. The women of Andalusla do not like man with moustaches,

the village of moustaches," they In Aznalcollar, known locally as have rebelled and are using all their wiles to persuade their men- folk to shave their upper lips.

Nearly every man in the village has a moustache of the good old-1 fashioned kind, covering a large part of the face.

The boys of the village rub their] upper lips with bacon fat to make the hair grow.

But the women mean to change world, as In the human world.all that.--Reuter.

were some members which exhibited "Individual" traits and others which tended towards "Socialism." In.

will be held at the Club's Night some plant societies the single STORM TROOPERS

Fote on September 2nd, 1933, and interests of the community. As specimen loses its identity in the entries will be accepted from any examples of co-operative growth, he Resident Amateur in the Colony. instanced the dandelion, in which Entries close on August 28th, 1933, the individual flowers are compactly.

clustered. In others, such as the P. A. DIXON, forchid, the single flower is. para-.)

Hon. Secretary.mount-Reuter.

AUGUST DAYS ARE DOG DAYS.

Listlessness, Loss of Appetite, Continual Scratching, Sulky Temper, Loose Coát, Eczema and Swellings Botween the Toos

These are the signs to look for in your dog during the months. of July and August.

Unless you condition your dog to stand the summer heat, these blood disorders will ruin his health and 'cause you much. anxiety.

ONLY YOU CAN HELP HIM.

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Nazi storm troopers arrested a 16-year-old Jewish schoolboy in the streets of a small. Thuringian town, and took him to their bar racks for "examination."

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An expert was called. He dis- covered that the boy was only try- Ing to learn shorthand-Renter.

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