Missionary Visitor, The (1912) . that they lay on her lip, hangingby a little flesh. Bleeding profusely. Had they been the milk teeth I shouldhave taken them out at once. Being thepermanent teeth I decided to try to savethem and prevent her having a disfiguredface all her life. I washed out themouth with peroxide of hydrogen andcarefuly put the teeth back in their other cloth being at hand, I wrappeda piece of postcard with a strip of myhandkerchief. I ran the risk of infec-tion by soaking all in peroxide. Thisstrip of wrapped card I fitted over theteeth to steady them. I cautioned th
Missionary Visitor, The (1912) . that they lay on her lip, hangingby a little flesh. Bleeding profusely. Had they been the milk teeth I shouldhave taken them out at once. Being thepermanent teeth I decided to try to savethem and prevent her having a disfiguredface all her life. I washed out themouth with peroxide of hydrogen andcarefuly put the teeth back in their other cloth being at hand, I wrappeda piece of postcard with a strip of myhandkerchief. I ran the risk of infec-tion by soaking all in peroxide. Thisstrip of wrapped card I fitted over theteeth to steady them. I cautioned thegirl and her parents to be careful for atime. I looked after the mouth for aweek. One morning I found a little pus,but only once. A few days ago when Ilooked at the teeth the last time theywere almost firm. But why go into details? We have ahundred cases this year that are just asinteresting. People are grateful andkind to us. We get into all kinds ofhomes. We are getting into the innerlife of the people in a way that we could. The Mission School at of Brother and Sister Adam Ebey, The Graves of John Cornelias and Anna Eliza- Dahanu. beth Ebey, at Dahanu, January1912 The Missionary Visitor 13 not do by any other means. Everywherethere is disease, disease, disease. Morethan half of these high caste people, menand women, have some private disease. We need doctors. We need doctors!Especially do we need a well-qualifiedwoman doctor here. When the Hinduwoman confides the secrets of her breastand body to a man, what could a womandoctor do? When she permits a man toexamine her and treat her, what resultsmight we expect from a consecrated sis-ters work? Most of the land here is owned by theupper castes. The laboring classes areslaves. But they are ready to listen tothe Word. Their landlords intimidatethem. Getting into the homes of thehigh caste people makes them our friendsand we can reach the laboring is a great thing of itself, but thebrotherhood that is form
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