ROTARIANISM

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 61, 1 August 1947, Page 5

ROTARIANISM

WHAKATANE CLUB LUNCHEON AN INTERESTING ADDRESS There was a good attendance at the Whakatane Rotary Club’s weekly luncheon last Wednesday, with President Harry Warren in the chair and the usual air of goodfellowship and friendliness prevailing. The address was given by Rotarian F. J. Appleby who took as his theme ‘Modern Trends in Surgery and Medicine.’ His talk proved most instructive and was listened to with the greatest interest. Dealing with the world-renouned Sulphur Drugs, he explained that in medicine, when any new drug was discovered it could not be patented until such time as it had been published in medical journals throughout the world. The formula had to be stated fully, and this permitted of other investigators carrying out further experiments in order to perfect possible improvements. The original

discoverer’s rights were however always upheld. That would explain the reason why the sulphur drugs came on the market in so many forms.

The speaker also dealt with the ‘blue disease’ which was receiving so much prominence in the press throughout the world and explained the reason for this curious complaint. It was not so uncommon as people might be led to think and several instances had been recorded locally. However it was only in America where vivi-section was not criticised to the extent it was in other countries that a cure had been discovered by process of a very delicate operation. Rotarian Appleby explained the nature of the operation which he said could lend itself only to a certain type of sufferer if success was to be ensured. Before the process had been perfected he said, the operation had been performed thirty times on dogs, successfully.

At the conclusion of his address Rotarian Appleby was accorded a hearty vote of thanks on the motion of Rotarian D. Anderson.