OCR Text |
Show / > r xr -^y\ v y -^ yy y . ^ yx Kalgam, China» / • "S'- Sept. 5V/1904o. .. -1 . •" De«r-Frlrtldss .. _ _ ± - - " w« fcope ^©u have had a pleasant and restful Sum**. - 'la?. fflHd ©mild wish for you nothing "better than just suchi a tilme-AS^we fcaye had among the Kalgan mountains** My father, Dr. end Mrs. Francjxs- ^o •fucker -*£-.P'ang Ohuang, and ourselves, with Mr*, and Mrs.- Sprague and Mr." and Mrs.-Roberts ^ the missionaries of Kalgan station,- make-up our comA ••"ai^'o Tt is homelike to "be with the Drs« Tucker again as they ifere • c« "Heavies of Dr<> Hemmingway in medicalwork in Chicago,, I need Hot tell ' jeu fc»w lumpy I have Been in visiting' again my chilomood hose* Tlie merat aims are like ©Id companions, the old places are not greatly-changed, and i o v C M m e s e freinds still remain who remember me a s •BMee^TOy":«.(lSary. ' ~" is •alsost ar:'iKTiossSl>ility to the Chinese tongue*) With- daily walks oyer the hills? and weekly excursions to temples and mountains, .we have still . .igjiiliitiuit jijiiBl Hi J visited scarcely half the places of interest- in and ^ around Kalgan. •' A trip up to the Mongolian plains was a xx sixteen days'' picnic. We "slept in Mongol tents, looking up at the stars thro the opening in the roof? we drank milk, ate cheese, and rode horseback^ Dr<> 'Hemingway hunted wolves and antelope, and shot ducks and an eagle,,-and ' we all returned so "brow/ras to "be taken for real Mongols. ".Beside rest and recreation, we "believe that our Summer in Kalgan has accomplished some good. This mission station, five days away from - the nearest medical help at Peking, has "been without a physician for six years. The Board has "been unable up to this time to meet the meedj altfe© they are expecting soon to do so. Last Winter the Drs; Tucker, and Dr. Hemingway began planning to do some medical work in Kalganthds Summero A Chinese "building was quickly put up b y Mr. Roberts, for • a dispensary, and some extra buildings to accommodate a few inpatientso A small suply of drugs and instruments were "brot up from T'ung Cnou, and the hospital took shape. Anything lacking was suplied by the Kalgan . missionaries,'who had the sugcess of the scheme deeply at heart. -Every available box, bottle, ©r Mason jar, when wanted at.Mrs. -Robert f& house, is "over at the hospital",and Mrs. Sprague would hardly have denied her best pillowcases and tablecloths if asked to donate them for ban~ dagesV A grand opening'in Chinese style,with cakes and tea,was well t . Attended, and from the very first the afternoon clinics were full. •"" Men and women come on alternate days. Mrs. Roberts and Chinese Biblem worn.m help Dr. Emma Tucker at the women*s clinics, giving tne Gospel - Message as well as physical healing. Mr. Roberts add Mr. Sprague assist Pro Tucker and. Dr-. Hemingway,and the native preachers teach the inpatient There have been many operations for cataract and other eye troubles, amputations m. $hus tie patients.who remain several days or weeks have :''the "best opportunity for taking-in the daily teaching. Many-more have applied for treatment than could be received,onaccount of the limited accomodations.' -:Many of these were pitful indeed. Let me tell you about just one of the patients, a young man named .•Chow Tung. Last Winter tee.was a teamster in Mongolia. 'Rubbers attacked •Mm to"*plunder bis catft, beat him inte insensibility, And left him to di©o His feet were frozen in the bitter cold before .friends found him a^d took bom to shelter. As ho came to. the hospital, after crawling eev* "* era! miles en lianas and knees* .he was a sorry sigfcti One eye.was gbne,;. and his feet were masses of decay. The doctors roperated upon him, ; applied skin grafts, and saved eneugfc of each foot so. tteat he will be ab |