TROPICAL AUSTRALIA.

Evening Star, Issue 15073, 3 January 1913, Page 7

TROPICAL AUSTRALIA.

The-problem of the colonisation of tropical Australia was discussed by Dr Frodsham,.tbe retiring. Bishop of North Queensland, in an interview at Sydney last -week. .." There is nothing," he do--claired, " tHat I regard with greater hopfulness than the Institute for Tropical Medicines in Townsville, which, under .the.. able administration of Dr Breinl; has already been well organised, and has taken its_ place among the most valuable, institutions of the Commonwealth. I believe it will be particu-

Ilariy useful in the effectire colonisation of tropical Australia by a white raceThe Australian tropics are exceptionally healthy, hut they naturally present features dissimilar to conditions of life in more temperate climates. The aim of the institute is to apply accurate scientific observations to those conditions of life. There, is a very great deal to be said for having schools of tropical medicine in a great seaport .like Liverpool or London, but both these schools set out frequent and costly expeditions to South America, Africa, and elsewhere. This course is unavoidable where the tropics under

investigation are in another country to that containing and supporting "the School of Tropical Medicine. But in Australia we aro in a more fortunate position, and the chief aim of the investigations is not only to extend knowledge regarding the bacteriological qualities of any given disease, but how to apply that knowledge to tho direct clinical treatment of patients actually in tlie tropics—in other words, the Australian Institute is not only directly important to universities containing schools of medicine, but it is equally important to tho State. It affects colonisation just as directly as medical efficiency."