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Show 7 inches broad, and the circumference at the bottom 17 inches. When operated upon, it weighed six and a half pounds. After eleven days he was well and was discharged. (Translator's note. This report is headed by a description of the philanthropic character of the hospital, and an appeal for local support, signed by twenty-seven of the most prominent and influential officials and business men in Lintsing and vicinity. This is followed by the names, official titles, and degrees, of seven men proposed for the Board of Trustees, if the new plan of organization is adopted. They are Rev. Shih Fu T'ang. pastor of the Lintsing Church, Hon. CM. Yen, taxation commissioner for Lintsing, the magistates of Lintsing and Hsia Ching, ex-magistrates of Lintsing and Tsiningchow, and Mr. Liu Ch/eng Hsiang, a prominent worker on the evangelistic staff.) 14 |