Vol. VII
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No. 2
EDITORIALS
vv Progress of Medical Science in China
Inspite of some backward tendencies such as the military despotism
displayed by certain would-be Napoleons, in present-day China, medical
■science, has made considerable headway among the Chinese people.
-A/naong the improvements which we have noticed during the last three
;-years^-may.:be-mentioned thefollowing; —•
Svf ffi ffilffi. The/increasing popularity of medicine as a profession among
^;;b.""^ with the increased, number of male
Chinese students, may be recorded the fact that out of twenty-
eightffiChinese girl students now in the United States holding full,
partial or special Tsiug Hua scholarships, ten are studying
/medicine. Of these ten, four are at the Medical Department of
the University of Michigan while two are at the Johns Hopkins
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2. The publication of the Directory of Chinese practitioners of
; western medicine. Although still incomplete tins issue already
: contains 1160 naines scattered throughout the length and breadth
of this land, ffi Jn order to cope with her proper needs China
should have at least 400,000 doctors. The present volume is,
; _however,' most useful for reference, and Dr. T. K M. Siao and
the Committee of the Rational Medical Association deserve all
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