. 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 IN LABORS MORE ABUNDANT A catalogue of her deeds cannot be hererecorded. She, with two of her boys, traveledon her itineraries up the river, often climbingout to pull the canoe over fallen trees, whilea deluge of rain soaked her. Once, in the house , of a native king to whom she went to preach,she slept on a bed of boards four feet long,with the kings greasy old coat for a pillow — Lf for which was substituted later a stick of wood. L AND AMONG THE KRAALS 77 There was a fire in the room, but no windows;the mosquitoes were ferocious; the fowls roostedin the corners, and she spent much of the nightdriving away the rats. Surely a combinationhard to be outdone! She broke up a sasswoodordeal more than once; defied and exposedthe devil-doctors; fought the importation ofrum by which the natives were crazed; andcapped the climax by taking her twenty-ninechildren down to the mission headquartersmiles away so they could see a real Christmascelebration. God bless the memory of Agnes MacAlliste
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