Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-08
An APPEAL TO TEE HUMANE FROM
JAPAN.
A Free Hospital for tssc Sicl

| To the Editor of THE EvE.iSc STAR:
| May ask your COURTESY and space for the
accompanying letter from American physi
clan in Japan, which seems of general interest!
The hospital spoken OF is Il proposed free hOspi
| tai for Toxic, built under the auspices of the
| Episcopal mission there, but surely appealing
TO the charitable of every name and creed The
estimated cost is S., 900, OF which all but 81 300
| has been raised. viii not those who are
specially interested in the lileviation Of suffer
ing, Will not some Of our Christian physicians
send help, that this much needed hospital NAV
speedily be erected: l..
Denr Mss EH,e1y:-I am sorry to hear YOU are
getting fant-hcarted at this late date, after you
| have so nObly battled for the hospital, and the
end is now almost attained The woman.S
auxiliary can raise any sum they need-Iknow
! they can-and l thank you most cordially for
all you have done, and think the ladies have
should tell you this, bat l was afraid you
| thought ne ungrateful for the many favors the
auxiliary has done for my work. in regard to
the committee that the buildings should
be of BRICK, of course will raise
the lands % mako the th site ss
| much more. Bishop Williams wishes the hos
| piial built on or near kOordan, and lands there
amy other part of Toxic. Judge Bingham, ouI
former minister, promised to get the land for
US, but as we had noguarantee when the money
| would be raised, and had no plan OF the build
| ing to show, We could not make any appeal to
the government, nor could Judge Bingham do
anything more than make casual remark
about it to the minister OF home affairs: conse
9uentiy no official act was taken. Yet Judge
BIZ did what he could. +! do not think
| the cost of the work will be over
the estimate first given, unless we are
| forced to build In brick; and If it is case of q
| say, give me the wards first and the genera
| service building afterwards. You ask me tC
| write to give you letters that will revive inter
est in this work. l do not know how to do it.
| have written and told Of sickness and suffering
that could be alleviated and cured II there were
only a building TO treatthe sick in. have told
| of sick coming q hundred miles for surgical
| treatment that were turned away with only
tiie cold comfort OF sympathy, and with the
| upon. can tell OF little children who die more
from neglect, when they are i'll, than fol
want Of medicine; OF Improperly fed and
nursing in a japanese sick room; but will this
do any good? wrote long ago of the extreme
die tor want Of fo os and in this great city
| Oh nearly million Inhabitants there are,
| think, not more than one hundred charity beds
| IN its hospitals. You may wonder why the PEG
pie OF Japan do not do more. can tell you
i very plainly, 1t is because they are not rich
a aney are trying TO help themselves and there
| are naive NJ. u. s here who are giving their en-
tire Time to the education Of japanese medical
i..en, and to charity, and TO the advancement,
true patriots and phiian;hropists. These men are
poor, yet they give all they can. There may be
~bar6aric splendor in the FAR east but have
4 - A1os 20 dAu 0O uOt OCAhCVC ~ C0o w
| seen In Japan. There are few comforts in q
Japanese house, and no surgeons here will op-
| craze except in o hospital ] have 0por
| atcd twice in Japanese houses. The operations
were simple, but both patients were not prop
| cry cared for and both died. used all anti
septic precautions, but the families did not
carry out my directions. Now, have ceased
70 90 operative surgery, and am waiting FOL
the hospital May God hasten the time when
u Will come, and His dear afflicted ones ind re
nei ana comfort in Its hospitable walls, is my
oaMy prayer assure you have done, and
ton. am yours sincerely.
F. W. HARRELI., MD.