The democratic movement in Asia . nd pre-pared to expound a text as easily as to open anabdomen. Probably it would not be fair to likenhis medical skill to the worm which covers thehook and yet it cannot be denied that his serviceswere often offered as a bait to the curious. Per-haps one might better say that he was the Baptistwho went ahead to prepare the way by disarmingprejudice, making friends, and demonstrating thedisinterested motives of the missionary. He wasthe classic proof to the people that the mission-ary seeks not yours but you. Furthermore, theintroduction of the medical missiona
The democratic movement in Asia . nd pre-pared to expound a text as easily as to open anabdomen. Probably it would not be fair to likenhis medical skill to the worm which covers thehook and yet it cannot be denied that his serviceswere often offered as a bait to the curious. Per-haps one might better say that he was the Baptistwho went ahead to prepare the way by disarmingprejudice, making friends, and demonstrating thedisinterested motives of the missionary. He wasthe classic proof to the people that the mission-ary seeks not yours but you. Furthermore, theintroduction of the medical missionary repre-sented an advanced step in efficiency in themission. He displaced the patent medicine andreplaced the unprofessional ministrations of themissionary, who hitherto had always had tocarry on his rounds a few drugs as well as tractsand a Bible. More recently the scope of the work of themedical missionary has greatly widened. Hestill retains his place in the mission hospital,and while the patients wait their turn in the [120]. MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE HOS-PITAL ITSELF IS THE IDEAL WHICHIS BEING INTRODUCED INTO THE EASTERN WORLD THE INTELLIGENT CONSERVATION OF HUMAN LOWERING OF INFANT MORTAL-ITY MARKS THE GROWTH OF THEEASTERN NATIONS TOWARD THEIDEALS OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYWHICH UNDERLIE SELF-GOVERN-MENT. THE MISSIONARY DOCTOR dispensary the preacher and the Bible womanpreach to them. But as the doctor operates heis surrounded by a circle of students who willsome day be either nurses or doctors on theirown account. The aim of the mission is to makethe practice of modern medicine and surgeryindigenous. In the hospital and in the medicalschool, which is often very primitive, as well asby itinerating trips through the villages, thedoctor multiplies his influence far beyond thecircle of his personal contacts, but in his placeas professional adviser in matters of publichealth he is now in a way to make his largestcontributions to the new age. The Dutch Government in Mala
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