Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . oor covered with oiled paper, doubt-less the examination paper of some candi-date in the Confucian examinations nowpart of ancient history forever in Korea,heated by the long flue passing to and frounder the floor. There were a dozeninpatients—several of them cataract is with these Dr. Wells has had greatsuccess, and of whom he has sent awaymany saying, He made me see. Through the dispensary flows a constantstream, a thousand a month. And , of the Methodist Mission, who hasa dispensary inside one of the distant citygates, tre
Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . oor covered with oiled paper, doubt-less the examination paper of some candi-date in the Confucian examinations nowpart of ancient history forever in Korea,heated by the long flue passing to and frounder the floor. There were a dozeninpatients—several of them cataract is with these Dr. Wells has had greatsuccess, and of whom he has sent awaymany saying, He made me see. Through the dispensary flows a constantstream, a thousand a month. And , of the Methodist Mission, who hasa dispensary inside one of the distant citygates, treats almost as many. This is aspecimen list of cases which I jotted downin my notebook as we watched the long linepassing through: 1. A young woman nurs-ing a child suffering from eye trouble causedby dirt and smoke rubbed in. The childwas tied on the mothers back in such a wayas to leave it free to crawl around straddleof the mothers hip, and to reach her breast,left exposed, as in the case of all Koreanmarried women, between the skirt and the. Royal Hospital, Seoul, Korea. 308 LETTER?. [October, little jacket over the shoulders. 2. A manwith a nameless disease, his nose eaten offand a great putrid hole in his leg. Wewanted to leave at the sight of this man,but the doctor did not quail. 3. An oldwoman with a horribly swollen eye, cutand red. Her husband had struck her ablow over the head. Could the doctor easeher pain and undo for his love of Christwhat her husband had done in hate ? man suffering horribly from the edged off across the room. The doctortouched him. 5. A boy with a painfultooth wanting it out, but howling wilh went off in great triumph with the toothin his hand. 6. An old man with inflam-mation of the eyelids. 7. Another of thesame sort, only much worse, with pus fill-ing the eyes and overflowing. A nauseouscase. 8. A case of fistula. We cutright in without any preparation out here/said the doctor. At home we would pre-pare the patient for s
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