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Tropical Health
Research
Sydney Doctor Working In Mekeo District, Papua
From Our Own Correspondent.
Pt. Moresby, June 20
Dr. F. W. Clements, Who Is
on the staff of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medi cine at the Sydney University ar rived in Port Moresby early in June, accompanied by an assistant, Mr.
K. Clinton, to make a survey of health conditions in Papua. He will study in particular the effect of diet on the dif ferent tribes of the country in the treat ment of ulcers, a subject on which Dr.
Clements has done a considerable amount of research work.
Dr. Clements and Mr. Clinton left on June 12 for Yule Island, from whence they will travel to the Mekeo district, on the mainland. There they will have an excellent opportunity of studying in the one district the different health con ditions affected by the various altitudes.
The country in from Yule Island rises gradually from the sea-board over large plains to high mountain ranges and sup ports a thick population.
After two months in the Territory, Dr.
Clements will leave by the mail steamer late in August for Sydney. He will be accompanied by Dr. Walter Strong who will have charge of the third group of native medical assistants to undertake a course of elementary training in medi cine at the Sydney University.
Dr. Clements who acted as tutor under Professor Harvey Sutton to the previous groups of native medical students from Papua, is watching with interest their field work following on their training in Svdney. It is reported that their standard of work has shown marked improvement since their return to the Territory.