Dr. Reifsnyder is one of those rare spirits whose wont it is to "do good by: stealth and blush to find it fame," and the work she and her devoted assistants do at the institution on the French Road to Sicawei is never obtruded on the neties of the public. The good that it has done is almost incalculable, but it could do still more with more support from the publio in the way of contributions, not only of money, but of old linen, medical eomforts, etc. It is now seventeen years since this institution, for the relief of the sufferings of Chinese women and children, was opened by the Woman's Union Mission of America, and that it has found favour with those for whom it was intended, and most of whom would have gone on always without skilled medical iand surgical aid but for its existence, is well shown in the following short Report for the year ended on the 30th of September last. A very pleasant feature of the report is the notice that Chinese patients themselves have contributed in the year nearly $4,000 in return for services rendered During the year 86,643 patients were treated at the dispensary;60,088 proscrip-
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