Emergency Work by the Missionary Nurse

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 3, 1910

Emergency Work by the Missionary Nurse

THE work of the missionary nurse is not confined to women and children, especially in village dispensary work. Here is a note from such a nurse, Sister Louise M. Sholz, in Bengal, India:—

“Only the other day a man came who had fallen, and cut his leg almost halfway through. We had to put him under chloroform. He was very strong, and we did not have enough chloroform, so I tied him on the table, and two men and three girls held him. He had had enough of the anæsthetic so he did not realize what we did. I had to put in about twenty stitches. The man is getting along well, and the wound is healing. In this place I must do, many times, the work of a doctor, as there is no physician here. I leave the results with Him who is able to heal, and who says, ‘Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.’”

“To-day we are going on a large cart to see an aged Mohammedan woman to whom we have given seven treatments for lumbago. Before coming to us, her back had been burned with a hot iron, to cure it. When we arrived at her home the first time, the room was filled with natives. I suppose nearly the whole village was present while we treated the woman. How thankful these people are! I only wish I could impress upon them that it is not I who heals, but God, through me. I can see how he gives his healing power, as I am called many times to severe cases, and without a physician.”