. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. 76 UNDER THE CRESCENT role of surgeon and nurse, although she hadshrunk always, as she herself acknowledged,from anything of the kind. One instance willsuffice to prove that her surgical work wasboth thorough and effective. In one of thebloody clashes between tribes, a head manwas deeply slashed across his face, and it wasfeared that he was dying. Miss MacAllister,whose only surgical supplies were scissors,bandages, sticking-plaster, arnica, and needleand thread, was summoned and went to theinjured man. Her treatment w
. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. 76 UNDER THE CRESCENT role of surgeon and nurse, although she hadshrunk always, as she herself acknowledged,from anything of the kind. One instance willsuffice to prove that her surgical work wasboth thorough and effective. In one of thebloody clashes between tribes, a head manwas deeply slashed across his face, and it wasfeared that he was dying. Miss MacAllister,whose only surgical supplies were scissors,bandages, sticking-plaster, arnica, and needleand thread, was summoned and went to theinjured man. Her treatment was simple the wound thoroughly, she sewed itcarefully together with her needle and thread,and applied arnica! Many such instancesmight be related showing her stout heart andsplendid courage, through these awful dayswhen she did little but care for woundedwarriors.
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