The blame for not having an Association doctor on the hill this year does not rest on the Executive Committee nor on the Dispensary Committes. It rests rather on those Missions that did not sce their way clear to adopt the recommendation providing for a rotation of Mission doctors here. With five or six large Missions working in this section of China, and four or five doctors in. each Mission, together with new men coming out every year, it means that no man need necessarily be called. upon for more than one season's service here in 25 years or so. The Missions should then give this man a real vacation. This might be taken either before or later than the M.K.S. season. The Board of Directors has instructed tha Executive Committee to continue its effort to secure the consent of the Missions concerned, and to put this plan into operation.
The mountain has not been with-cut medical attendance however, and Drs. McKenzie, Sweet, Buckingham, Manget, and possibly others have been caring for the medical needs of the hill. This is by private agreement, and not by contract with the Association. Dr.
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