BRITISH PLAGUE HEROES

Grey River Argus, 15 April 1911, Page 5

BRITISH PLAGUE HEROES

NOBLE WORK IN STRICKEN CHINESE TOWNS. Heroic work; has - been done in the. plague-stricken Manchuriajo. jbwns by' a number of British and 'other doctors who offered their* services in reply to the 'Chinese Government's appeal for help. Among, them were Dr. Jackson who has died of the disease), Dr D. : Uiristie and Dr . A. ;R. You;ng> of the. United Church of Scotland Mission: at Mukden ; Dr J. M. Stenhouse and: .Dr Gibb, of the Union Medical College, Peking Dr- Aspland, of the •Church of England Hospital, PeEinj: two French" doctors, M. Neabanneix ■ and Mesny ; and an American, Dr Feck,, of Tientsin.' Dr Mesny . heroically refused attendance when he was stricken and trcatg'ed himself lest he should infect the others. Dr Jackson volunteered to look after the Mukden coolies, ! whose conditions of life were par-: ticularly. conducive! to. contagion. He performed wonders of endurance before being stricken. The others daily treat hundreds of infected persons, doing, their noble work unflihch?ngly arid " cheerfully under unimaginable conditions and without adequate appliances. It is estimated that the total number of deaths to ' date is 7#B0 } and , the deadly, disease is still, spreading^. The English universities \ have pressed their desire to .confer honorary degrees 'on '■■ the visiting' dominion Premiers.