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HARTHER L. KEIM, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1928;17(5):619-624.

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China enjoys an extreme of climatic variation shared by no other country, as it extends from Siberia to the tropical seas. Within this vast expanse with its 400,000,000 inhabitants are to be found morbid processes of a distinctly tropical nature as well as those encountered only in frigid zones. Here, as elsewhere, nosogeography is largely influenced by climatic conditions, and in general the nature of disease processes in a particular sector is definitely related to the latitude of that portion of the country.

While sporadic case reports are available from all parts of China, little is actually known concerning morbidity and mortality figures, except in the few centers of foreign influence, since China does not possess a system for reporting vital statistics. Commendable attempts have been made toward the accumulation of such information at Hongkong, Shanghai International Settlement, Shansi province and Peking Health Demonstration Area. When one recalls the fact . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PEKING, CHINA

From the Division of Dermatology of the Department of Medicine, Peking Union Medical College.

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