MEDICAL CONGRESS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 77, 21 September 1911, Page 6

MEDICAL CONGRESS

DOCTORS AND THE ARMY. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Sydney. September 20. At the Medical Congress, Colonel Purdy, of New Zealand, dealt with the relationslrip between the medical profession and the army. The advent of compulsory military training had increased the responsibilities of doctors, as only the mast physically fit could be chosen for the army. UNFITTED FOR MILITARY SERVICE. Received 20, 10 p.m. Sydney, September 20. At the Medical Congress Dr. Purdy declared that fully 40 per cent, of the youth of Australia were unfitted for efficient military service, but in the course of a very few years, owing to the great improvement in the national physique effected by compulsory training, the percentage of unfits would be greatly reduced. ALCOHOL AND DISEASE. Received 20, 11 p.m. Sydney, September 20.

At the Medical Congress Dr. Hayward read a paper dealing with alcohol. Whereas formerly every case of acute disease was treated more or less with alcohol, it was now generally recognised that it was not necessary, except under certain definite conditions to order neurotic patients alcohol. It was almost as wrong as to supply them with morphia and hypodermic syringes.

SERUM AND VACCINE THERAPY. .'.im: ' :*r*;l^t;: Received 21, 0.35 a.m. Sydney, Last Night. Professor Allen read a paper on serum and vaccine therapy. The result of vaccination in Ormanv was that smallpox was practically stamped out., while American statistics showed that the incidence of typhoid was fifteen times.less among inoculated than those not inoculated.