The Archive · 1934

Hospital Busy

The mission hospitals at Nantungchow and Jukao are still doing ex-feel lent. work. The Nantungchow hospital has" a good reputation throughout the whole North Kiangsu section for its excellent bone-treatment. Tt Is the largest hospital along. the seaboard hsiens. The Jukao medical work specializes in leprosy. Lepers from all over the country come for clinic treatment. Owing to lack fof funds no institutional treatment is, iven. As much as 85 patients have Come to the free clinic for treatment. The, treatment consist of_ injections of chaulmoogra all, internal treat~ ment, bandaging and dressing of ulcers find," when necessary, operations. Although there are many hundreds of lepers in the north Kiangsu section, comparatively few are beggars. Some torve as workmen in the city, most of hem are farmers and practically all are cared for by their families, hence the clinic method can well be put into Joperation. Clinics should be held in various sections of the hsiens to accommodate the patients.

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