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Title: The Survey October 1916-March 1917
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Survey Associates Charity Organization Society of the City of New York
Subjects: Charities Social problems
Publisher: (East Stroudsburg, Pa., Survey Associates)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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blic health by means of illustrated lectures,lantern demonstrations and popular pamphlets. It treats ordi-nary hospital patients at its many hospitals. Its reports arepublished annually. An interesting break with the past was the promulgationof a presidential mandate in November, 1913, authorizing theperformance of dissections on dead bodies. This, togetherwith the imperial sanction for the cremation of cadavers fromplague in 1911, has undoubtedly removed a great deal ofthe superstition connected with ancestor worship, which hasmade China one of the most backward countries as far asmedical science is concerned. An equally important presidential mandate was issued onSeptember 30, 1915, when western medical science was offi-cially recognized by the central government. In this man-date three out of twenty-three branches of learning relate tothe profession of medicine; namely, medicine proper, pharmacyand veterinary science. The subjects which candidates are 405 Courtesy Wu Lien Teh, M.D.
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A HUMAN AMBULANCE Some poor Chinese carry their sick rig-a-back formiles to the hospital. The ambulance seems cheer-ful despite his burden required to pass are the same as those insisted upon by allprogressive countries. One of the most interesting events of the past year was theformal opening of the first isolation hospital of Peking. Thecapital of China has been notoriously backward in matterssanitary, and cases of infectious diseases like smallpox, scarletfever and diphtheria have been allowed to pass unnoticed.The present hospital has accommodation for sixty patients. Itis satisfactory to note that six months after its opening thecommunity is already clamoring for more room in order toaccommodate the increased number of cases. The success of Courtesy F, W, Pedbody, M.D.

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