"SELF-SATISFIED"

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 760, 5 September 1929, Page 9

"SELF-SATISFIED"

UNTRAVELLED PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) Reed. 1 p.m. SYDNEY, Today. Responding at a luncheon to the New Zealand delegates to the Medical Congress, Dr. Wylie pointed out that the untravelled New Zealander’s greatest sin was self-satisfaction. It was the duty of those who want abroad to return to the Dominion and correct this fault. If it were true, as had been stated, that there were 32,000 New Zealanders in New South Wales, it should form a subject of investigation by visiting men of medicine, why so many left the Dominion. He was sure it would be found that the transfer was beneficial to Australia. The luncheon was given by the New Zealand Association of Sydney, and Sir Louis Barnett and Sir Truby King also responded to the welcome extended by the association's president, Dr. Purdy. At the Congress, Dr. Leary, of Melbourne, addressed the section of neurology and psychiatry. He urged that stammering, which was one of the tragedies of life, should receive attention early in the sufferer’s life. The English-speaking people were more prone to stammer than were other nations. Treatment should aim at the removal of the stammerer’s feeling of fear that he could uot express himself adequately. Relaxation i and ease were essential conditions of | relief, with the adoption of principles of rhythmic speaking. Treatment should begin while the child was not I yet aware of his peculiarity.