Popular Medico Returns
pp. 31-32 · Read in the full issue
To Tonga
From Our Own Correspondent
Nukualofa. Feb. 2.
THE recent appointment of Dr. C. M.
Dawson as Medical Officer at Vavau has caused satisfaction in Tonga.
Dr. Dawson is particularly well-known here, for he was C.M.O. in the Groun from 1918 until his retirement in 1933, when he took up private practice in Western Samoa. He is welcome, not only on account of the present shortage of doctors in Tonga, but also for his skill, his unique tropical experience and his genuine interest in the well-being of the natives.
Dr. Dawson is the ideal type of Islands doctor. Steady, patient and tireless, with an astonishing aptitude for work, he quietly tackles his tasks and achieves a Great deal without show or flourish.
There is no “on duty” and “off duty” hours with him, sparing not himself day or night, in attending to the needs of his patients. This devotion to his work enables him to understand the natives and win their confidence-half the battle against their tendency towards native cures.
Mr. McMillan, of the New York Museum, USA, is at present in New Cale donia carrying out research work in connection with the Colony’s bird life.
In the beginning of Morobe, Gregor MacDonald and his beach store were among Salamaua’s outstanding land marks. A few months ago, Gregor MacDonald died. Recently, a SE gale and high tides piled up the waters on the isthmus, and MacDonald’s old house was washed away. And so time marches on.