MEDICAL CONGRESS.

Waikato Times, Issue 12184, 20 September 1911, Page 5

MEDICAL CONGRESS.

NAVAL SURGEONS' PAY.

VENEREAL DISEASES DISCUSSION.

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(Received Sept. 20, 12.:-!.") ».ta.-> SYDNEY, Sept. 19. The Medical Congress discussed a number of interesting papers. The Congress resolved that the rates of pay to surgeons in the Australian Navy suggested in Admiral adequate-. Henderson's report are totally inDr. Hain, of Melbourne, introduced the subject of venereal diseases and the best methods of preventing them. He contended that there should be compulsory notification, and that th 3 vice should be dealt with solely as a matter of low order. He advocated undertaking a campaign of publicity and eradication. Several speakers advocated compulsory notification and legislation to get rid of quacks.

DOCTORS AND TERRITORIALS

(Received Sept. 20, 11.5 a.m.)

SYDNEY, Sept. 20. At the Medical Congress Colonel Purdy, New Zealand, dealt with the relationship' between the medical profession and the army in the event of compulsory training, which increased the responsibilities, of doctors as only the most physically fit could be chosen for the army.