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Show 77 Widows, and, though only about a dollar- a year rent could be got from it, the temple trustees might easily have put a high price on it. Mr. K'ung, however, persuaded the trustees to make it a free gift to the hospital, in recognition of its services to the community. "The largest (money) gift was from a wealthy young man, Mr. Ch'iao (meaning High). His eight year old son, Strong, while jumping from a roof broke his leg on a millstone concealed in a pile of straw. The father and son were in our hospital more than a month while the bone was healing. Mr. High was interested when I told him how useful an X-ray apparatus would be in cases like his son's. He afterwards sent $500 for the purchase of such an outfit. When the machine reached our railway station, 25 miles from Greatvale, we sent twenty men to bring it. It took them a day and a half to carry the large glass case on their shoulders over the rough roads." Dr. Hemingway is deeply appreciative of the added strength given to his hospital staff by the appointment of a trained nurse, Miss Susan Helen Connelly. Of her he writes, "Miss Connelly has spent most of her time in language study, but the hospital has had the benefit of her skill in nursing several critical cases. With her help we have undertaken new work, such as abdominal operations. She has had a daily session with the hospital staff, teaching them English, and learning from them Chinese medical terms. It will be a great gain for our patients when Miss Connelly can begin systematic training of men and women nurses." And along the same line Miss Heebner's report reads: "The opportunities for soul-satisfying work in the hospital are interesting everyone. Miss Connelly, apart from the numerous 'emergency cases,' has had a good year for study. She is already going about picking out the girls and women she thinks will make good nurses. Before another report is written her tram.ng classes will, in all probability, be started." Dr. Hemingway has the following to say of another foreign helper: "Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Husted, of Oberlin, Ohio, are here visiting their daughter, Mrs. J. B. Wolfe. Besides his dental practice, which has attracted missionary visitors from all over the Province, he has taken over the optical work of the hospital. We are grateful for Dr. Husted's generous help in this as well as in many other lines." The station physician is the chronicler of certain changes in the personnel of the station. They bring both joy and sorrow. "Our Greatvale church and community has suffered a great loss in the death of Mrs. H. H. K'ung. The Cinnamon Flower and her little sister Rose |