The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-20

was given.
Further cases OF plague have occur
red in Brisbane, one patient being q
boy named Gault, aged IA. residing with
his parents in BARLEY street, Spring
Hill: the other a lamp-trimmer on the
steamer Flinders.
His Honor Judge Cooper left by the
Barcoo on Saturday for Bowen. He
was the recipient on Thursday of the
sad news that Mrs. Coeper's illness had
taken a serious turn. and that she was
scarcely expected to recover.
A prospector named Il. Killane left
Ebagoolah some months ago and moth
ing had since been heard of him, but
now remains have been found which
lead to the supposition that the unfor-
tunate man was killed and eaten By
blacks.
st. Paul's School, at Samarai, the first
school established in New Guinea for
white children, was opened on the 1eth
instant by the Lieutenant Governor.
Mr.. lie Hunte, Earl Beauchamp and
the Bishop of New Guinea being also
present.
The Government Resident at Palmer
ston reports that the blacks at Victoria
have killed man named Osborne, and
eaten six OF his horses. The Resident
adds that the blacks are becoming very
troublesome in that part Of the North
ern Territory.
the supply OF locomotives under con-
tract by Messrs. Walkers. Limited. of
Marlborough. The last (the sixteenth)
passenger engine has just been deliv-
cred. The whole OF the goods engines
ordered havebee n received by the de-
partment. and the firm are well under
way with the twenty tank engines or
dered
In response to the Oxley Federal
Workers Political Organizations ad-
vertisements for nominations of a can
didate To contest the Oxley division in
the labor interest. but one nomination
was received. that of Mr.. Henry Tur-
ley, Mia. Mr.. Turley was nominated
by over 200 electors. and has expressed
h.s willingness to contest the Oxley
Federal seat.
F'y the Aramac the Culgoa Gold Min
ins Company shipped from Sydney a
complete sluicing plant for it's mine on
Woodlark Island. the assistant manager
and engineer going in charge. The
plant is expected to be in operation by
January next. and will render the COM
pany independent of rainfall. Quanti-
ties of wash are already stacked ready
for treatment.
TROPICAL MEDICINE.
The opening address of the autumn
session Of the London School of Tropi-
cal Medicine was opened in London re-
Gently by Sir william Macgregor, the
late Governor of New Guinea, who
chose for his subject. Some Problems
of Tropical Medicine" Some Of his re-
be met with In the tropics are worth
recording.
OF dysentery, he said there were few
scourges that required such thorough
and exhaustive study. The disease in
Is epidemic and contagious forms, was
unknown in British New Guinea hall
a score of years ago, but in recent
years IL had caused many deaths there
IL began in Fiji with the advent of a
European population, and led TO con-
siderable mortality among them, ever
before annexation. From the first in
PRODUCTION OF the disease IL was regard
ed as contagious. On large plantations
and In native villages IL took on al
times a very malignant form In
stances occurred in which even so and
% per cent OF the Polynesian laborers
on an estate died Of this disease
which was new to them. From many
observations il appeared that dysentery
was made up of entirely different dis
eases, OF of one disease that presented
widely diverse stages. From his OWL
personal experience he should say dys-
entery caused more deaths than any
other disease in tropical countries. NJ
other malady was so universally dis
tIibuted and OF such constant occur.
renee. Laveran said: lie paludismt
est certainement la plus repandue de.
maladies endemiques,'' and Manson
said Of malaria: 1T is the great diseas,
/ OF the tropics" His experience wa
different. He had served in two coun
/ tries where there was no malaria, new
er in one where people did not die o
dyseutery. The man that would worl
out an effective and practical means o
4
be the greatest benefactor of the race
living in the tropics. He might clair
TO be the savior of the Pacific Islander
the most loveable man OF men now liv
Ing. DySentery was a destructive giant
compared TO which strong drink was
mere phantom. To the tropical Euro
pean. though perhaps not to the tropl
cal native. the most important stud
was probably that of malarial fevel
the investigation 0r which had alread
furnished us with some of the fines
examples of human intelligence. perse
. Iverance. and observation. To his min
the parasitic cycle in malarial feve
was proved by demonstration, and eve
lin its present state Of DEVELOPMENT tn
new doctrine OF malarial fever Wa
such that no conscientious adninistrs
= tor could take the responsibility Of IL
noring II. In the West African coast
must now be reckoned with at evei
step Hospital management must
fundamentally affected by 1t, and Il
general public also must have the lea,
, ing lines Of malaria genesis put befol
: them In a way they could understan
The steps TO be taken for the abolitiC
, of malaria were all very obvious. ar
seemed very simple in theory, but
could not completely share the rosy ol
timism Of their leaders and teachers
this matter Malaria in the tropics WI
2 much more difficult to deal with this
typhoid. rabies or smallpox here, al
I those were not yet vanquished. It WI
to be feared that in a country like l.
gos. when all that could be done n,
been accomplished. the results mig
be somewhat disappointing. We nc
z required to know how and why ment
n lexcitment. any considerable change
Temperature upwards or downward
a whether caused by the sun. CO
!, ldraughts. rain. or other agency. shou
!. bring on an access OF fever long aft
I possible infection. and in spite OF lol
: continued and large doses of quinir
e In his own person an access of few
= seemed to be sometimes caused by e
v posure TO bright sunlight. without re
erence 10 temperature. In British Ne
Guinea they never doubted that Z