Annual report on the Medical Department / Straits Settlements.

  • Straits Settlements. Medical Department.
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[1931]
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    represents all the protein and an endeavour is now being made to determine the nature of the residual nitrogen. In the Department of Bacteriology Professor W. A. Young and his staff continued the investigation into the results of enterovaccination against dysentery of the whole of the prison population in the Singapore Prison. A preliminary investigation, in conjunction with the acting Professor of Medicine, of the types of pneumococci found in 112 cases of all types of pneumonia, was completed. Investigations of the Salmonella infections and of the antimony test for leishmaniasis were also carried out This department carried out the bacteriological investigation of special cases in the Singapore Hospitals and the preparation of autogenous vaccines; in addition the routine serological diagnosis and the preparation of vaccines for the Social Hygiene Depart¬ ment was continued. Professor R. B. Hawes and his staff carried out the following investigations: — (a) Some progress was made in the differentiation and treatment of kidney diseases; (b) Estimations of the cholesterol content of the blood were made in various diseases and normal persons. (c) A control was made of a reputed test for hepatic function. (d) Comparative complete blood analyses were performed on cases of nephritis and beri-beri. (e) An antidote for procaine poisoning was worked out. (/) Various drugs, etc., were tested:—a preparation of aspidinol, a pancreatic preparation, a potassium iodide preparation, liver and stomach prepara¬ tions, anti-typhoid serum, chlorophyll extracts, gonad, and pituitary extracts. The Dental School.—Considerable progress was made in the organization of the Dental School. The senior students entered their fourth year and made satisfactory progress. The junior students attended courses in practical dental mechanics and metallurgy in addition to their other subjects. The dental mechanics laboratory was extended. An additional surgery, containing three chairs was completed The personnel was increased by the appointment of a Dental Officer who assists the Pro¬ fessor of Dental Surgery in his hospital duties and is available for the supervision of the clinical work of the students. Publications.—The following papers, etc., were published during the year: — Preliminary note on the life history of the reticulocytes in the rabbit. Malayan Medical Journal. Vol. VI No. 4, p. 123-125 by Dr. K. C. Ghosh. Studies on the Antineuritic Vitamin, V. The Relationship of Beri-beri to the B. Vitamin Complex, by J. L. Rosedale and C. J. Oliveiro Trans. 8th. Congress (F.E.A.T.M. (1930) Vol. i, p. 86). The Chemical Analysis of Malayan Foods, by J. E. Rosedale, (Singapore i93i)- The Estimation of Tryptophan and Tyrosine, by G. A. de Silva, Biochem. Jour. XXV. p. 1634. Calcium in Nutrition by C. J. Oliveiro, Mala\mn Medical Journal VI. p. 101. A Preliminary Note on a Case of Salmonella Bacteriaemia by Dr. N. K. Sen. Malayan Medical Journal, Vol. VI No. 3, pp. 92-94. The Antimony Test with Sera other than those of Kala-Azar by Dr. N. K. Sen. Two cases of Aneurism by Dr. G. Haridas. Aneurism in a case of Transposition of Viscera by Dr. G. Haridas. Dental Cyst caused b}r a Foreign Body, by Professor E. K. Tratman, Dental Journal, Eli, 2, No. 5. (The annual report of the Principal of the College of Medicine is being published separately).