p. 20 | Findings by W. A. R.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 9, 1907

Findings

By W. A. R.

Brother L. V. Finster, writing from Perth, West Australia, says: “There is a very favorable opening for medical work in this State. If we had a qualified man, we could start the medical work at once. We have one nurse, who is doing Bible work. A doctor must pass through some English or Scotch school to practise here. We would like first to start treatment rooms, and then a small sanitarium.”

Dr. A. R. Satterlee writes regarding the work in the Buffalo (N. Y.) Sanitarium: “We have about twice as many applications as we can receive, and patients are waiting to be entered, one of whom is our nearest neighbor. We are planning to keep the work going as best we can because we must have a full house, where we have so small capacity, to pay expenses. Several who have recently gone home have given us a good reputation, and three we have heard from incidentally of late with a good report. They promise to do their utmost to send others. We are looking for a suitable place in the country, and when we have that accomplished, we hope to have more room and better equipment.”

The following from Dr. A. J. Hoenes, who has been practising medicine for some time in Germany, may be of interest to those who have thought of medical practise in the German territory. I quote from a letter lately received from him: “I would say that an American physician can practise in most parts of Germany as an American physician. He must write upon his sign, name cards, etc., ‘Grad. in America,’ so that he may never be taken for a German graduate. You will see in my letter-head, after my name, ‘In Amerika promov.’ I have often found this epithet rather an advantage. I sign death certificates, perform smaller operations, conduct confinements, etc., and have almost as much freedom as recognized physicians, and in some respects more. Much also depends upon the personal relations, the confidence of the people, and the country medical officer.”

Dr. D. H. Kress and family arrived in Victoria Thursday, April 11, and then went by the way of the coast line to San Francisco, thence by rail to St. Helena, where he was met by Sister White and Brother W. C. White. Here he spent two days with Sister White and family, looking over the work of the St. Helena Sanitarium, then he went to the Glendale Sanitarium, where he spent Sabbath. After that he occupied several days in visiting Paradise Valley and Loma Linda Sanitariums. They then started East, and stayed a few days at the Nebraska Sanitarium and two days at Hinsdale Sanitarium, arriving in Washington Thursday evening, May 2. Dr. Kress will at once take up the work in arranging for the opening of the new Sanitarium, which we hope to be able to dedicate early in June. W. A. R.