The Spirit of missions . more serious cases, and anumber had already been refused thatday. He was most persistent and atevery opportunity ko towd (strikingthe head on the ground). At last he wasgiven permission to interview the pa-tients to see if any would give up his fested so great an interest in the teach-ing of the Gospel which he had heard andin the Christian bearing of those whc|had attended him, that we were com-pelled to believe that since there was, scfar as we could see, no sufficient reasorfor this act of generosity which woulci A Church Hospital in Central China 589 lave appealed
The Spirit of missions . more serious cases, and anumber had already been refused thatday. He was most persistent and atevery opportunity ko towd (strikingthe head on the ground). At last he wasgiven permission to interview the pa-tients to see if any would give up his fested so great an interest in the teach-ing of the Gospel which he had heard andin the Christian bearing of those whc|had attended him, that we were com-pelled to believe that since there was, scfar as we could see, no sufficient reasorfor this act of generosity which woulci A Church Hospital in Central China 589 lave appealed to most men, his generouslead was due directly to the Christianeaching which he had received. One of the causes of some of the most[istressing cases that come to the hos-lital is the habit of Chinese doctors, so- shows some thirty places on the humanbody where it is claimed red-hot ironsmay be inserted with positive curingpower. Hundreds of these so-calleddoctors use this method to-day in theirtreatment of many A CORNER OF ONE OF THE WARDS IN ST. PETERS HOSPITAL. The ted is a memorial to James B. Markoe, of Philadelphia,and the tablet reads: To the dear memory of James B. Markoe. He bore a longand painful illness in a strange land with rare patienceand fortitude. Fully restored to health and strength, helaid down his life to save others in a moment of peril ailed, of using hot irons to drive thevil spirits of sickness out of the bodiesf those who are ill. Recently thereame into my possession a manikin,aade by the Chinese and used by aChinese doctor here for many years. It The result of such treatment can beleft to the imagination. One younglad had his wrist probed with these ironstwo years ago. Inflammation followedand his arm had to be amputated. Manypatients have presented themselves at the 590 A Churcli Hospital in Central China hospital with eyes completely destroyedwithin a few days after the insertion ofthese probes. Happily in this centre these practicesare gr
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