“There are many with leprosy in the Island of Amoy, I should estimate that there are two hundred. In the cities of Changchow, Chuanchow, and their neighbouring villages many are found in much greater numbers. No attention is being given by the people or the government to the treatment of these unhappy and unfortunate sufferers.”
“About six months ago, a Mr Lim Peng Siang, an intimate friend of mine, doing banking and shipping business in Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy and Shanghai, returned to his village for a rest. One day a neighbour paid him a visit. This man had leprosy but thought it to be some kind of skin disease. Mr Lim then sent him to me for treatment. The response to treatment was very quick, he was so pleased that even now, he is used as an attraction for the sufferers of the same disease to come for treatment.
With my cooperation a clinic was established by Mr Lim in his native place, Shima, two hours by launch from Amoy. Today there are about 85 receiving treatment.”
Source: Dr E S Cheong, ‘Amoy’, in James L Maxwell, “Ridding China of Leprosy” The China Medical Journal 44 (1930): 781.
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