The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-05
MEDICAL
MISSIONS AIDED

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1eshodist, baptist and Other Church
Enterprises Receive Substantial
Support From Rockefeller
New York. Oct. 4.-The annual re-
bort Of the Rockefeller Foundation
tor the year 1916 will be issued next
week. Reports contained in the vol
hme come from all parts OF the world,
Ind 80 require several months for
Temptation.
4 The first installment Of the report,
issued today. Is a summary of the
work OF the China Medical board, a
kubsidiary OF the Rockefeller Foun-
hAtion.
China Medical Board.
IN creating the China Medical
board. 1t was the aim OF the Rookie
Heller Foundation to promote the
#kradual and orderly development of
II Acomprehensive and efficient system
EN medicine In China.
III Realizing the Importance and value
$hf the work the medical missionaries
bro doing for the people OF China. the
EEhina Medical board has endeavored
10 cooperate sympathetically with
he several missionary societies In
kkrengtheninr their medical schools
Ned hospitals To this end the board
Il made grants in aid for equipment
Ind other facilities In limited mum :
4 Der Of hospitals and at two medical
Enhools, and has also made grants in
Nd for the support Of foreign trained
bhysioians and nurses on their stats.
Al The main work OF the board. how
liver, will be the founding of two
Medical schools, one at Picking and
mother at Shanghai. which shall be
II the same grade and character as
! Die better medical schools of the
q cnited States and Europe.
III Medical Education.
II was decided to open a prem edicai
school at Peking in September 1917.
ktudenta in preparatory schools and
colleges in China at the present time
Ire not receiving sufficient instruction
b science TO enable them TO under
bike work in n high grade nnedica |
chooi. The board. therefore, faced
he dilemma of either aiding num-
Ter OF colleges TO strengthen their
4 eientihc departments, or of creating
school of It's own. After careful
|onsideration the CONCLUSION was
keached that for the present II VIII
te necessary to. conduct A premedi-
hg school In connection with the Pc
ling Union Medical college This,
However, Is considered 8 temporary ar
Management, and 1t IA hoped that with =
II few wears the colleges OF North
nina will hc able SO IN advance their
loursea IL science as TO prepare stu
Tents for the medical school
The China Medical board formally
las voted to csta blish a medical school
h SHANGHAI Tho Rockefeller Foun-
sation arrroved this action and desig-
hted f1tv1s IN sufficient amount to
rovide the plant and maintain the
fhool
Rcd Cr>ss Ho.nItal, Shanghai.
I-.tu 'vty ~ 39ls the Harvard
aedical vchepf nf china conducted its
hhool e. tNe laboratories and hos
htal ov~~ea -.~ tha central commit
he OF ~ ~ t~eee Red Cross society.
IAen ~ Harvard Medical school
scsed g work In Iuly, 1915, the
nina '~9l hoard assumed the
l1pport - the hospital for q period
L two 4-v TAte action insures the
kairtenr - 'ar that period Of a
knrh4 ~ 79E f~~'itutfou tu Shanghai.
hid viii ,'s e~erd a place for work
n4Asr 4~s O. tNe star ~ the ShanR-
~ Met, ~ehonl who NAV he sent
Ii, bfs 'Ne new buildings have
EsssF1 co lif'lt-f.
Tho vNr'-'ces ~ Nr Henry s.
Ionehta~ sor--~r}v dean % the Har-
h-a M~a-~a' school Of China were
hgagea Av the china Medical board
tora Jui = 1hfs He will have
barge of the Red Cross hospital and
It@ co~one~ate with Mr. Greene In
lrecting the boards activities in
nina.
The china Medical com mission Of
bi4 rAcent fYstaipae.f n stralss Tor .ag f*h~
fatory ri the Hunan~yaie Medical
ehooI In Changsha. An application
sy sslch n laboratory was presented
the board on October -, and $40
Bio was appropriated OF which s25.-
DO il TO be used for the building and
900 for equipment
Missionary Hospitals
In aiding missionary hospitals the
bard has for its main purpose the
ksire to cooperate with the mission
Nv societies I'm strengthening their
aluabla work II has also had In
lind the needs OF future graduates
Iom its medical.sehools when these
faduates leave the medical school
lev will need 10 spend at least one
lar as internes II is i'm nortant,
lerefore. that there shall be NUM-
sr OF w@il-developed hospitals where
ley can serve interneship~, In max
lg its appropriations the board.
erefore has sought to select hos
tails which are accessible from Pc
Ing and Shanghai
Grants In aid have been made dur
IL the year 1916 TO the following
Missionary organizations:
American baptist Foreign Mission
iciety NORTH,
Foreign Mission Board OF the South
h Baptist convention.
Amertcau BOARD cf mmissioners
n Foreign Missions.
Board OF Foreign Missions Of the
ethodsst Episcopal church tNorthD.
Hoard OF Missions of the Methodist
btscopal church South.
board Of Foreign Missions Of the
fesbvterian church In the u. S. A.
Forth.
Executive COMMITTEES OF Foreign
Besions OF the Presbyterian church
the United States tSouth1.
Foreign Christian Missionary So
bty.
London Missionary society
Church Of Scotland Foreign Mis-
In committee.
CAntor Christian college for the
4nton hospital
Nanking hospital (Union)
Huchow hcspital frnion).
JOn Anrit the board resolved that
= rnis its appropriations for the