The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-16

sha Hospital In Kioto. AS was stated in
the Sun the other day, the Doshjsha col
leges, hospitals and training school We're
started and kept going by American
money Two or three years ago, however,
the japanese seemed to think that they
could run things themselves. They made
such a point of this that all of thes Amer
lean professors, physicians and teachers
resigned. AT present the Japanese are IN
deed running things to suit themselves.
AT any rate, they are not running them to
suit the American board of foreign mis-
sions. The Japs have concluded to "Klr-
suto Kyo no kamban," which, being in
terpreted, means that they are going 10
take down the Christian sign" The
board has consequently written to them
and demanded the return of some large
gifts of money, which we're made with the
understanding that "the Christian sign
was going to stay up.
Among those who resigned two years
ago was Miss Fraser a Bellevue gradu-
ate, who was in charge of the Kioto train
ing school for five years. When she left
Japan Miss Fraser returned to America.
and Is now engaged in hospital work in
this city.
LAS rule" said Miss Fraser to a Sun
reporter, "the japanese women make very
good nurses. They are light and quick
of foot and very def with their fingers.
Before our school was opened, twelve
, years ago, there were no trained nurses in
Japan. There were old women, who took
care of sick people, and there were men
nurses, of the same degree of ability, for
the male patients in the hospitals,
I'm the ten years during which we
Americans had charge of the Kioto school
we had seventy graduates. At first it was
not easy to get good class of women
The japanese looked upon nursing as a
mental form of labor, and the educated
I women felt that they were above such a
calling. In time, however, they found
out that nursing was profession requiring
skill and intelligence and that il was re-
garded by foreigners as distinctly credi-
table. They form their ideas on those of
foreigners nowadays, so it wasn't long be-
fore we were able to pick our students
from a higher grade of women. MANY of
them We're graduates of the Doshisha
School for Girls. They receive what
seems here to be slight compensation, but
over there, where living is so cheap, it is
very good pay. They have 60 cents a day
for any time under two weeks. There is
a slight reduction for longer time.
'uOr graduates have gone into hospitals
in all the principal cities of Japan and
have trained the nurses there, so that at
present the number of those trained ac-
cording TO the teaching of the Kioto
School has increased very considerably
The people had their old women nurses
whom they thought quite as good as any
body else But now the trained nurses
are in such demand that there are not
enough to fill the supply. The Red Cross
mas nurses who We're trained by our grad
yates suppose that, in case of sickness
in the Imperial household, one of the Red
Cross nurses would be called in. for the
society Is under the patronage of the high
nobility. The Countess Ito. l believe is
one of those who are especially interested
in the Red Cross.
When we first went to Japan, of course.
their methods were totally unlike ours
but many of their physicians have studied
OF recent years in this country and In Ger
many, so that they have made great pro-
gress. The most common ailments are
skin diseases, and consumption. They
have a good many eye troubles, too. You
see, their food is not nourishing and has
not been SO for generations so that their
constitutions are not strong They do not
have enough warmth in winter, either. II
Is really cold in winter and their houses
which are mere shells. are scarcely warm
ed by the little bit of charcoal in the
middle of the room.
we took stoves with us and q great
many other foreign comforts and conSan-
leuces. But you have no Idea how difficult
1t was to teach the japanese nurses. how
teaching from point entirely different
from the one I was accustomed to-the
whole scheme was different; the houses
the heating arrangements the clothing
the beds, the diet-everything OF course
IN the hospital We arranged most of these
thlngs to suit ourselves but when il came
20 private nursing it really was like en-
tering strange country.
Even in the hospital we had pretty
hard work to arrange diet for the sick
Inc people there eat almost nothing but
rice and fish; rice in a dozen different
ways and fish in the same variety bsd
all my recipes with me, but | had 10 do
wise an entirely new set In case NJ ~
phoid fever, for Instances. of course Sso
tried to prevail on them to take a min,
diet. But they don't like milk. Thev
nave always had a superstition arainst
eating anything which has had anin1ai
lie. They include milk and eggs in tbts
categoryI don't know why thew DOM in9
ciude fish, but they done.
Some of them will consent n toll, .,,,,,-
now, but when they absolutely, ref,,. nm
made them broth of rice. boiling n n,1t,,
1t was soft, and then draining he III
OIL. l could get chickens, and so we go
make chicken broth in cases VIZ 4i -
was needed There was no lamb or NM
ton, there being no sheep in Janan w wv.
could get beef in the cities where tber.
was foreign population. The Jananeso
care little for fruit. They like the Ittno