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FOREWORD The University of Hong Kong has paid me a great compliment through its invitation to delive r this , th e second , S . T . Huang-Cha n Memoria l lecture . I t i s an especia l honour to give this lecture in the name of Mrs. Beatrice Huang (Dr. Chan Shu-Tzu ) a colleague in the Department o f Anatomy muc h mourned b y the Department, th e whole University , an d he r husband , microbiologis t Emeritu s Professo r C . T . Huang, an d family . Dr. Cha n was a dedicated anatomist, Reader and from tim e to time Acting Head of th e Departmen t o f Anatom y a t th e Universit y o f Hong Kong . He r earlie r wor k was in medicine; she trained at Chiangsi Medical College and this eventually lead to her anatomica l caree r her e i n Hon g Kong . He r disciplin e too k he r abroa d man y times: th e Unite d State s of America , th e Unite d Kingdom , th e Unio n o f Socialis t Soviet Republics , an d Japan . He r wor k stand s a s a most worth y representativ e o f Chinese scienc e to the world of learning . There i s an especial appropriateness i n the title to which I will speak today. For , though Dr . Chan' s interest s i n Anatom y include d th e stud y o f th e structur e an d function o f bone marrow cells, she was also very much interested in the development and growth of the human body, and especially in the growth of the children of Hong Kong. Such studies depend upon the desire to describe, and thence to help improve, the state o f health o f the people; but they also depend upo n th e methods and tech niques of biometrics, a subject i n which I have been involve d fo r som e twenty fiv e years. I t is a logical extension o f biometrics that forms m y subject fo r today . Finally, there is yet anothe r way in which my participation toda y is relevant to a special occasio n honourin g th e memor y o f Beatric e Huang-Chan . A s th e Huang Chan Memoria l Lecturer s of future year s give their contributions, it is bound t o be the case that fewer and fewer of them will have had the opportunity to know and love this remarkable lady. In the case of your second lecturer, this is not so. You all know that I am a visitor to the University o f Hong Kong ; I am especially pleased t o hold among yo u th e title o f honorary professor ; bu t I have now been wit h you s o many times, almost every year since 1970 , that I do not feel myself to be a visitor; indee d the hospitality that I receive here is such that, when I now come to Hong Kong, I feel I am coming home. Mrs. Beatrice Huang-Chan and her husband Emeritus Professo r C. T . Huan g hav e bot h bee n par t o f tha t feeling . M y wif e an d I hav e know n Beatrice, w e bot h kno w C . T. , an d w e hav e know n the m i n tha t mos t sacre d o f places, th e home . Thi s i s our especia l closenes s t o Dr . S . T . Cha n whos e lif e an d work we remember an d honou r today . Charles E. Oxnar d 1980 ...