Dr. Vidal has a world wide reputation and is at present on a combined travelling and lecture tout to make people acquainted with his new treatment, which is known as "Sympathicotherapy."

Briefly, his treatments consists of "nasal touches." These touches, entirely painless, are effected by means of flexible metallic rods applied on certain points of the nasal mucous membraines, where the main sympathetic nerve emerges. The main sympathetic nerve is one whose function has long becn shrouded in mystery. It is known now that its main duty is to maintain an equilibrium and insure a normal functioning of the organs of the human body.

Dr. Vidal has made a thorough study of the delicate ramiflcauons of this nasal sympathetic nerve. By applying tiny pressures on certain well-determined points, he provokes certain reflexes and in this way secures the cure of many illnesses which until now had resisted prevalent medical treatments.

This treatment, in a different form, has been known in China for a long period as "acupuncture," but localized within the nasal mucous membranes.

Treatment by nasal touches is effective only in a certain category of illnesses such as: Asthma and hay fever;

Nervous troubles -Insomnia, headaches, dizziness, tremors, heart palpitations, general cerebral fatigue, nourasthenia, impotency.

Digestive Troubles :-such as stomach ache, excess acidity, heaviness after meals, enterltss, constipation.

Blood circulation difficulties. Hypertension, irregular or painful periodical troubles, blushing, change of life.

Rheumatical pains. Arthritis, neuritis, facial or sciatical, lumbago.

Certain cases of paralysis. Hempblegy, Parkinson.

Finally tardiness in physical and intellectual development in children.

cholera Inoculation Campaign Launched fly PHD: A Cholera Inoculation Campaign was launched by the Public Health Departmcnt of the S. M. C. on April 15. Prcc inoculation was available at 11 hraneh health offices, for foreigners and Chinese who cannot afford their own doctors.

The Mobile Unit of the P.H.D. was available for employers of labour. Arrangements were made with the P.H.D. for the services of this unit by firms employing 100 or more employers, who were noculated at one time.

Disease flown in March, Repon States: The incidence of communicable diseases in the Settlement continued to be "remarkably low" in March, according to last month's Public Health rcport issued in April.

Altogether 132 foreign births were recorded, with 96 of the resident births being Japanese. Chinese births recorded totalled 5,177.

There were 64 foreign deaths among list rcsident foreign cotnottloity, of which 10 were Gennars refugecs and 33 non-Chinese Asiatics. 30 japanese, two Filipinos and one Indian.

The foreign death rate was 10.67 per mille, and the major causes of death were tuberculosis, bronchitis, measles and eereh'al haemorthage. Recorded Chinese deaths totalled 4,509, of which 2,611 wcrc exposed corpses. Altogether 567 deaths were due to communicable diseases, and the major causes of death were tuberculosis, senility, pneumonia, opium poisoning and measles.

Death Rate In Foreign Areas On Increase: After showing some improvement for a few weeks, the death rate both in the International Settlement and French Concestiso climbed to new heights, during the nAddic of April. Tuberculosis which had tugistered a decline in previous weeks, claimed 126 victims during that period, the total number of cases registered being 153.

Typhoid fever which had previously shown signs of disappearing, claimed 54 lives, and there were 64 cases of the illness on hospital registries. Thirty-four people succumbed to measlcs, with 64 cases of the disease being registered. Diphtheria, dysentery, relapsing fever and pneumonia each claimed nine lives.

"Sine" Plans Expansion Programme Here: In answer to business demands, which make it ncccssary.to enlarge the scope of its operations. the management of the Sine Laboratory in Shanghai called a general meeting of the shareholders to deliberate on mearurea for expansion.

One of the oldest dispensaries 'which boasts a history of 17 yeats, the laboratory spccializes in the manufacture of such medicine as "Thiazon" 'which in quality compares favourably with the im- portcd brand.

In addition to a laboratory servicc, Sine also maintains three scparatc departmcnts making highly rcfincd chemical apparatus, cultivating serums and manuactnring rubber articles. It also scrvcs as an agent for scveral well-known American and British dispensaries and handles the sale for them of such medicals as used inbboratory and chemical analysis.

Under thc able management of K. C. Bao, gencratl tnauagcr of the laboratory, the capital of the company has been increased to atound $3,000,000 in the course of the past 17 years.