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Show has not been within the range of our appropriation. The number of deaths, from this cause is appalling. One of our nurses told me that of her mother's twelve children, only three lived. The other nine all died of convulsions before they were two weeks old. We tell the old man to be kind to the helpless little thing and not to put it out of the house to die by itself. We remind him that this tiny creature has a soul, and he may sometime go to it though it can not return so him. This man wants a tooth pulled. It is a great satisfaction to relieve so much suffering by so simple a means as pulling a tooth. This boy cut off his thumb when chopping up straw for fodder. The stump is doing well. This man came to us after a fight in which his thigh was badly cut with a heavy knife. The fight grew out of a quarrel about money matters . A boy working for him owed a man the equivalent of two cents and some one else owed him five cents. Because of the fight they are now having a lawsuit that is costing many dollars. The man is nearly well, but in order to help his case, his friends still bring him to the dispensary, carried in a large, flat basket. Here is a happy-faced man, who came more than forty miles to be treated. He has just sold his coat and made a thank offering to the hospital of the proceeds. For a number of years he has suffered greatly from a decayed jaw bone, and now, after a simple operation, he is nearly well. These three young men, wearing tr-k^long garments, are from the government school where indigestion and tuberculosis abound. In this land scholars should never exercise vigorously, or even indulge in rapid walking. But times are changing. Here is some one who comes for medicine for four in his village. All are old patients, and as he brings their dispensary cards,- we are able to look up their records, and send them medicine. Are you tired? The last two patients are daily visitors who come to have their ulcers dressed. You will not care to stay. The nurses will dress them. Then they will put things in order, lock the room, and bring me the keys. We need not wait. This hospital court is for women. Do you see that girl sitting by the window? We did a harelip operation for her ten days ago. They wished the operation that they might marry her into a more desirable family. Her lip looks very well. We are quite proud of it. In fact you may have noticed that there are great many things about which I am |