Health in rural south India: new approaches.

that Dr George had left. It was rumoured that he had given the "wrong medicine" and that he was going to a community further out into the desert, where his prestige was still strong. When we saw him leaving the initiations he was happily waving from the back of a crowded truck on his way to Jigalong, a four day drive away, and we wondered if he would ever come back. Our return confirmed my earlier impressions. I found the Aborigines a gifted and lovable people who are making a brave attempt to adjust to our society. We must remember that we are asking them to achieve in 200 years a level of sophistication that has taken us 2000. Had I a wish to be granted it would be that they would suddenly develop the confidence to take the responsibility for their future into their own hands and that we would be given the patience necessary while they are developing; this will be an appreciably longer time than everyone expects.