TROPICAL DISEASES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1936, Page 13

TROPICAL DISEASES.

THE HOOPER FOUNDATION. PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE. The s«i?ntific research workers of the world look well into the future. When asked tin's morning concerning the great activity in the field of tropical diseases Mr. E. B. de Golia, trustee of the Hooper Foundation, which directs the work of the Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine, stated that they were preparing for the time when tiie world when white men would have to look to the tropics for their main source of food supply. „ Mr. de Golia, who arrived by the Monterey yesterday will consult with medical men and officers of the Health Department of New Zealand, concerning general conditions in the Dominion, the provision of hospitals, and methods of treatment. The Hooper Foundation had recently instituted the American Foundation of Tropical Medicine, under the guidance of the National Judical Association, for purposes of research, development of treatment, and the training of students. Investigations were directed mainly towards malaria, dysentery, tuberculosis, elephantiasis, etc. Quite a lot of progress had been made in the research concerning sleeping sickness, which constituted such a danger in Africa. The germ had been segregated. In addition to his work for the foundation Mr. de Golia is a vicepresident of San Francisco insurance broking firms, and was foremrly president of the California State Automobile Association.