Life and light for woman . ^ eyes are busy studying the rainbow colors oftheir dress and the construction of their enormous head dresses ; youngArab brides with faces gayly tattooed ; Greeks and Jewesses; barbarian,Scythian, bond and free. I know of no better school for patience than amorning when fifty to sixty women are waiting to be cared for. The noise. THE HOSPITAL IN AINTAB. of the many voices talking at once is sometimes so great that to think seemsimpossible. In the rnsli and hurry of office work, one questions if there isany result other than the lessening of pain. And then one thinks
Life and light for woman . ^ eyes are busy studying the rainbow colors oftheir dress and the construction of their enormous head dresses ; youngArab brides with faces gayly tattooed ; Greeks and Jewesses; barbarian,Scythian, bond and free. I know of no better school for patience than amorning when fifty to sixty women are waiting to be cared for. The noise. THE HOSPITAL IN AINTAB. of the many voices talking at once is sometimes so great that to think seemsimpossible. In the rnsli and hurry of office work, one questions if there isany result other than the lessening of pain. And then one thinks of theirtoo-often loveless homes and desolate lives, and what a loving smile andword of sympathy must mean to these poor souls. One of the Christian women, who was also a patient, told me that whenshe vvas turning over the leaves of her Bible one dav. seeking a passage to iSgg.] AT THE HOSPITAL IN AINTAB. 397 read aloud to the other patients, a young woman, dressed as a Moslem,whispered in her ear, • Read them the story of the crucifixion. Wherehad she heard it? and what did it mean to her? In the aiternoon the hospital is a busier place than in the morning. Thehallway is so small that it becomes fairly jammed with people,—and to addto the confusion there is often some sick man lying on a rude litter, waitingfor the doctors examination and verd
Size: 1755px × 1424px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectcongregationalchurch
