Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-19
HOSPITAL WORK HIGHLY IMPORTANT
Visitors at Backus Hospital Instructive Descrip- ton of Conditions Met in Medical Work in Her Own Country Hard to Get People Accustomed to Foreign Ideas.

of nurses schools have sprung up in China. The medical work being car ried on is one of the greatest testi- monies of the power and grace of Christianity that there is in the world. It has been one of the greatest proofs of the power of Christianity. The missionary instructors are doing a great work, but we should welcome the other aids that come to take the medical part of the work off their hands. I feel the medical practitioner should live according to his or her conscience. It will surprise you to see the Chris tian hospitals in China; the work has been successful and they have many large clinics, in some places. In other places they have only or 10 in the clinics. There is trouble somewhere, said Dr. Kin and she feels that they ought to have a lady visitors board to investigate the cause.
 Hospital Cost Large in China. The drugs and medicines are pur- chased in other countries and so it costs more to run a hospital in China than over here in this country. We feel very grateful that the Rockefeller foundation is to take up medical work in China. said the speaker. The in- ffuenee of young men who have re- turned home to China from foreign colleges is great All these influences are at work leavening this great mass of people and you would be surprised 10 see how rapidly this great mass is being leavened.
 All Want Education.
 One of the greatest results is the de- sire for education in general Edu- cation has been merely the stepladder for political office. Now it is not so It is education for itself, not only for the men but for the women as we'll It is really fiction that the Chinese woman id EJICh a RIlnnraGG0d Ya. she Is merely bound by her own ig- norance. If woman wants to do a thing in China she is just as free to do it there as anywhere else.
 Flood of Patent Medicines.
 In China, now, we are flooded by patent medicines. They come to us by the ton. They are so much adver- tised that it is no wonder the Chinese are graSping them. This influx of medicine has greatly helped the Chi nese to give up the use of opium, but at the same time it is introducing mor- phine. Morphine is being brought into the country under different forms of patent medicines.
 In concluding Dr. Kin said that it might be asked, Why do the Chinese still cling to their own form of med fcine. That, she said I attribute to their conservatism and to the fact that in very few places only has western medicine been introduced as practiced in this country There is one very great encouragement, the people are reaching out for new things they are learning the benefits of foreign medi- cine. Whenever you are asked to aid in this work l beg you to remember that hospitals and nurses are one of the great needs of China. The hos pital work is one of the greatest aids you can render a people who are striving as we are.
 At the close of her address Dr. Kin was warmly applauded by the large audience and before the meeting closed an opportunity was afforded all to meet her personally.
 collection that was taken up is to be used for the provision of Christ mas gifts for the patients at the Back us hospital.
 The Ladies Advisory board of the hospital under whose auspices the meeting was held is composed of Mrs Charles IL. Hubbard, chairman, Mrs H. H. Osgood, Mrs. John C.. Averill, and Mrs. James L. Case.