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pale of the prophets it is no transgression to hundred years since the East India Company official language of the Japanese scientists. indulge in retrospection, and I can safely say merchants brought lymph from Calcutta to that during the forty-five years of my life I
Do you wish to see the same in China ?
If you Canton, and the Chinese so appreciated the have not patriotic spirit enough to care, then have never had a pronder moment than this benefit of its use that they got up a special we bare no business to hold this island, but to-day; but were I to transgress and prophecy hall in Canton, where vaccination was authorised give it up to a people impressed with higher I can predict that at no future period of my life and practised. Bet lymph requires renewal; aims and loftier principles than we appear can I imagine a more gratifying compliment the same lymph used over and over again from to be endowed with. We shall not be doing than the one paid me by my fellow citizens arm to anu weakens, and after seven or eight our duty if we do not do our utmost to to-day. A copy book heading indelibly stamped transmissions becomes mapotept as a protective provide for medical science in Hongkong. I in the emory of every one of you is that measure against small-pox. Yet here we are at think it is right that we in China should have familiarity broods contempt." Now I have the oud of the ah century aut et efforts to a centre of education for the development of been coming out and in amongst you almost do what our great grandfathers did at the end science amongst the Chinese, and it is our duty daily, some of you many times a day, and yet this of the 18th century have been but little improved to further the objects of the College of frequent intercourse which should have begotten upon. The Chinese are beginning to lose their Medicine. I will advocate its claims, not only contempt seems to have completely miscarried. faith in lymph, because they pre using a lymph recubiarily, but for its proper position whenever for I see nothing around me but sympathetic which has been used over and over again. There I get a chance. I have nothing further to say adresses, and I havo most handsome presents are very few people who know that there is a vac- now except in regard to the future. My con- bestowed upon me. Truly the truth of the copy- eine institute in the colony. Youall know, how- ucction with the Sanitary Board has been re- book legend is to be doubted --flaughter-and I ever, that there is one at Saigon, and also that ferred to, and I am sure you must all deeply cannot believe any longer in it. (Laughter.) we get lymph from Japan. Numbers of people regret the dissensions that have taken place in It is now some nine years since I left Loudon have asked ine for French lymph and others for regard to that institution. Gentlemen, the colony and came to Hongkong. Why I came out it is Japanese lymph If you coull see the Japanese has gained a great deal by having brought out difficult to say. I believe it was that having lymph you woull find it was an abomination; a Medical Officer of Health, but we have placed tanght young medical men for some seventeen it would never be used in England. as the autho- the Medical Officer of Health under the years and seen them depart abroad for the Army,rities would not allow it. The French lymph is department for disease. the Navy, or Colonial Service, I was imbued
That is absolutely a much worse. It creates very bad arms and should new departure to me. cannot understand it. with the spirit of seeing for myself and learning be absolutely forbidden to be used in the colony Health and disease are as wide apart as the something of the diseases they talked about at
The lymph we here at the institute is of poles. Health in Germau means holiness, and home, so when my friend Dr Mansou asked me the very best quality and should be used more health and holiness go hand in hand. Health to come here and practise 1 readily yielded to widely than it is and pushed in the markets should be placed next to the Church, it seems to the suggestion. I regretted giving up teaching, very much more than it is. We have a right to me. After that bring in the Public Works for that was and is my chief employment in interfere in this business, for Eugland is the Department-laughter)--and as a result put life, so on the way out I contouplated how I home of vaccination, and youfall rémkuber that disease next could minimise the loss I had sustained init
(Lond laughter). Therefore I was introduced by Sir William Jenner. I should put the Health Officer separate from not being able to teach, and the College of We ought to do car best to introduce it into the discuso officer by the Public Works Medicine for Chinese was the result. ¡Applansel Chiau, and the Government ghould spend some | Impartment Now in regard to the future Shortly after landing I was terribly put out to hundreds of pounds in order to kupply all I will
very little I CAB find that I had no tramed nurses to fall back
speak China with it. We are not doing our duty as I only about health and education and not apon in serious ཀཎྞ;wསུསྶ * within six Englishmen by remaining where we Were about polities. My advice is take more holi- mouths I brought ont Sister Mande
łu hundred years ago Chur ndfathers days. Tadvise you to take many more holidays. Ingall, the first trained nurse that ever did as much as we are doing now in regard to! One firm in the colony has instituted a law by worked at her profession in China. Applause). I such diseases as smalijex amongst Chinese, į which each member of the staff takes two or Being engaged in iur capacity as mumse at At present the Hongkong institute is under three weeks holiday every year. You clerks Government House, Sir William des Voeux was the direction of the Colonial Surge and the and taipaus will get a gnat deal more work made a convert to modern nursing, beuce the actual work is gratuitously done by tije Veterin-done if you take two or three weeks holiday present able and proficient staff of nurses weary Surgeon. I would place the institute under every your rather than let thein accumulate, and Lave at the Civil Hospital. Still felt that I
I must ask you not to forget that the Forta was pot advancing in knowledge as I ought. I
guego deserve consideration. Many a man in could not observé disease as I wanted to, and I
your offices has been 10, 15, 20, aye 25 years resolved to opéu a
without a holiday except on medical certificate. Gentlemen, remember of what blood you are- sons of men who abolished slavery and do not allow this form of modern slavery to creep into the customs of our daily life unheeded and un- challenged. I want to address you on one more point in regard to health. You have all observed how the Europeans are being driven further and further up the hill by the encroachments of the Chinese. You have observed how the sanatarium of Southern China, the Peak, is being gradually built over, but perhaps it has not occurred to you what is the likely result of that occupation upon our water supply. Standing at the reser- voir at Pokfulum one can count twenty-three houses, including two huge hotels I am bound to say on no gathering ground in the world could such a thing be found or permitted. The Pokfulum reservoir is a standing danger to the community, and its days are numbered when the first emblems of its contamination become known in the form of an epidemic such as typhoid fever or cholera. But important as is our water supply, fresh air is perhaps even more so, and it is the presence of the gathering area of the Pokfulum and the fear of further contamination by building dwelling houses within the area that prevents more houses being built around the tramway top building, but it ought to be opened up so that the taipans and others can reach a height of 1,200 feet where they can enjoy cool nights and their children can live and grow in the best climate in Southern China. So for these two reasons, namely, good air and water; Pokfulum reservoir ought to be cut off from supplying the potable water to the colony. Use the water for dusling. for manufactories, or the fire department. Some strong wind will do it for you some day, it has to be done and men are proband with the thm and the timo is at hand. Hear, hear, and applause). I had the whole train hid for its abolition in 1889; bat a incre accident caused the miscarriage of the measure and I failed. Failure, however, should Dever deter any man with right on his side. I have made so many failures that I have ceased to blush for them. I have been severely criticised and the nowspapers have
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the Medical Officer of Health. I would give him a percentage up n the quantity he sells. would let the failure or the success of the ins hospital at the Peak. (Ap-stitution affect his pocket, and thereby we would planse). So in 1890 I leased one house and in soon drive French and Japanese lymph ont 1801 two houses, and converted them into a of the market, and by a little pushing supply private hospital. That a public want has beenl the Chinese with a fresh supply of good met is sufficiently proved by the fact that since; lymph. 1 have
this 11{{ •!! the opening 1000 persons have availed them pecuniary grounds, but surely we have a higher selves of the hospital at the Peak. (Applause). I aim and duty to fulfil, namely, the protection am glad to say my partners, Doctors Hartigau of an enormous mass of the human race against and Stedman, have shown their public spirit the ravages of the terrible scourge of small-pox. by taking the hospital off my hands, and I am and were Great Britain to supply free convinced that under the present management vaccine to the Chinese it would be a greater aud with the matrons there the hospital has blessing to them than the abolition of slavery,
■ long career of success before it. (Applause). (Applause). I must now thank you for the Now you see all these schemes were undertaken great honour you have done me, and also Mr. from a selfish desire to benefit myself, and Lockhart, the Rector of the College of gratify my professional wants. Indirectly I Medicine for Chinese, and the students. for claim to have conferred a great boon on a section telling me, of the wonderful things I have of the community, but you will see it was again done in connection with the College. But. for a selfish end that I brought it about. One gentlemen, my work at the hospital and the dark, wet stormy night was called to the vaccine institute and the other things were Hangham Dock; it was a Sunday night and late, done for purely selfish purposes. If they and no dock launches were to be had. I started have benefitted anybody well and good. You are to walk from Kowloon Wharf, bade a friendly as well off in Hongkong with a hospital as any adieu to Dr. Doberck at the Observatory, and centre of civilisation in Europe. You must have stumbled on across country, as I could not find
a hospital to go to or all the doctors will become the road. When I got to the dock I was told old wonen. (Laughter). Consequently when there was no road to the Huughom dock, the I say that the work I did in connection with most important industry of Hongkong. Such the College of Medicine for Chinese was welcome was the case, however, and I set to work to work and kept me well posted up in the try to get one there. The then Surveyor Gen- advance of my profession you will see that it eral, Mr. Price, was a man of promises, so it was absolutely for a selfish reason that I took was not until the late Mr. Samuel Brown, an such a great interest in this colony. I am go- approachable man, arrived that I managed to get ing away, but I do not think for a moment that the road completed. One day going up the tram that I shall cease my love for the work in con- I overheard the following couversation --- "What nection with the Chinese College of Medicine. building is that?" The reply came. "Oh, (Applause). You have kindly given me per- that's one of Dr. Cantlie's fads." (Laughter). mission to advocate the claims of China for 'It is called the Vaccine Institute-frenewed education in science and medicine. Gentle laughter-but it is chiody need as a poultry men. I mean to fulfil that mission to the best of yard to supply orgs' «2}) <hickens for the
my ability and with my whole heart. We have Government House table." ; Loud langhter, been sending eus auri war materials and war It seems to me that y, do not give so much, ships to China for many years and with what attention to vaccine that w should, and I
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Most of them go to the bottom of the should like to dwyll upon this subject, but time sen. Let us try what a practical mission of prace will not allow me We have a vaccine institute and instruction will do for them. Let Britain, in the colony, but it does not go quite für take her proper place in Ching, and in furthering enough. The history of the introduction of knowledge The Japanese adopted the German lymph into China is a long story. It is one system of medical education, and German is the
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