Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
MEDICINE STUDIED
). BY MISSIONARIES
Catholic Group Soon to Enter
Fields Beyond Reach of
Civilization.

A small group of Catholic mission
aries, soon to leave for foreign fields
beyond the reach of medical aid, are
taking q months course in first aid
and preventive medicine at the George
town University Hospital.
Their work eventually win take them
in wildernesses of China, the Dutch
East Indies and Oceania where doctors
are practically unknown, so the courses
they are undergoing at the hospital
are designed to equip them to meet
emergencies and take preventive meas
ures against tropical diseases. Mem
bers of the faculties of the Georgetown
Medical and Dental Schools are giving
them lectures and conducting clinics
for their benefit.
Two sisters from the Holy Name Hos
pital at Gadsen, Ala, are among the
group attending the courses. They are
Sister Mary Edward and Sister Mary
of the Sacred Heart who belong to an
order known as the Missionary Servants
Of the Blessed Trinity.
Various Orders Represented.
The priests in attendance represent
various Catholic orders which engage
in foreign mission work. They are IA
in number and will leave for their
foreign posts in September and October.
Some Of them may be absent from civ
ilization for years.
Rev. Timothy Brosnahan of the
Marist College in Washington is one
who is destined for Oceania. Despite
the disorders in China and warnings
given for missionaries and others to stay
Eway, number of the priests will go to
various districts in that country. Rev.
Donald Haven, o. F.. M, Chicago, is
going to the Shantung district in
September. Three others. members Of
the Congregation of Preachers, will go
to Honan, China. They are Rev. Dennis
Fogarty, Rev. Linus Lombard and Rev.
Leo Berard. From Techny, ILL.,, Rev.
Alphonse Lesage has come here to pre-
pare himself for service in the Dutch
East Indies. and Rev. Louis Benoit,
S. v. D., will join the others in Honan,
China.
Another group, destined for the
Kiangtse district in China, comprises
Rev Frederick P. Gehring. Rev. Fred
erick MCGUIRE and Rev. Thomas Muir
ply, of the Congregation of Marists.
The remainder Redemptorist fathers,
will return to former mission fields in
Porto Rico. They are Rev. Mathew
Tobin, Rev. James Gilmartin, Rev. Ed
Ynund Bowen and Rev. Eugene McGuil-
licuddy.
Lectures and Courses.
Members Of the Georgetown staffs
are giving the lectures and courses as
follows: DR.. Mollari, tropical diseases;
DR.. Grass, first aid; DR.. Nelson Gapen,
therapeutics, pharmacology and ma
terra medica: DR.. Pang Constantinople,
diseases Of the ear, nose and throat;
DR.. Howard j. Newton, diseases of the
mouth; DR.. William N. Cogan, dean of
the Dental School, preventive dentistry;
Dr.. Joseph B. Lutz, extraction and anes-
thesia; DR.. Russell j. Fields, diseases of
the skin; DR.. Michael r. Kennedy,
diseases Of the eye.
During their months course, which
ends July 81, the priests are being
quartered at Georgetown College and
the sisters at the hospital. For a num-
Der Of years Georgetown has conducted
such courses for missionaries, in view
Of the fact that those destined for dis
tant fields often are called upon to act
as physicians.