'To teach something well, you I need first-hand information," Dr. A. L. Kappus of Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis., said here today.
And Dr. Kappus, along with five other doctors, is preparing to get some "first-hand" data during the next two months.
They're going to Costa Rica to study tropical disease and parasitology.
THERE ARE NOT enough Latin-American physicians in the U. S. to tell us about all the diseases in their countries.
"After an eight-week fellowship in the country where the diseases persist," Dr. Kappus said, "we should be able to tell j our students more clearly what occurs."
The six fellowships have been presented by LSU through a grant by the China Medical Board of New York School of Medicine.
Dr. William W. Frye, dean of the LSU school of medicine, and Dr. Henry E. Meleney, research professor of medicine, are administering the program.
"We hope the fellows will get a general knowledge of all the disease peculiar to the tropics," Dr. Meleny s
