Rockefeller Foundation Commission, China Medical Medicine in China

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Charge, Mr. Yung Kwai, who provided letters Of introduction to Chi nese Officials in Peking. The Chairman also met Mr. E. T. Williams, head of the Far Eastern Division in the Department of State, the Secretary of State of the United States and a number of other people who were interested in the Far East. The Chairman, Dr. Peabody, and the Secretary and the two ladies of the party sailed from New York on the hamburg-american Steamer Imperator, Saturday, March 21, 1914. From Cherbourg the party proceeded to Moscow, stopping a few days in several cities enroute. Leaving Moscow April 8, they arrived at Peking April 18. On the following day, April 19, the party was joined by Mr. Greene coming from Hankow. The first formal meeting of the Commission was held on April 20, at which time the general plans for work were outlined. Until May 11 the Commission remained in Peking, studying the situation there, and in Tientsin, examining the various medical schools and hospitals in that city, making the acquaintance of important Officials of the government, and organizing plans for the subsequent work in other parts of China. The Commission was received by the President of the Republic, Yuan Shih K'ai, was entertained at dinner by the vice-president, Li Yuan Hung, and was able to meet other important officials. Blanks were prepared and sent to hos pitals and medical schools to be returned to the Commission in order to secure from the workers on the field a statement of the facts Within their knowledge. Meanwhile, Mr. E. C. Sage, one Of the Secretaries of the General Education Board, had provided the Commission before it left New York with a large mass of reports as to medical work in China from various missionary bodies in the United States. Later Mr. Sage proceeded to England and Obtained similar material from the various mission bodies in that country.