Medical Missionary Work and Education in Southern California by G. K. Abbott

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 3, 1907

Medical Missionary Work and Education in Southern California

By G. K. Abbott

The Loma Linda College and Sanitarium have recently opened treatment rooms in San Bernardino, Cal. Miss Meda Kerr, who is in charge, gives encouraging reports of the work. Another nurse and gospel worker is needed in order to answer all the calls for instruction in simple treatments, hygienic cooking, and healthful dress. The way for this work was opened by the labors of Dr. Lillis Wood-Starr by health and temperance lectures in the public schools and among the ladies of the W. C. T. U. The aim is not so much to conduct treatment rooms as to give instruction in the various phases of health reform as a part of the gospel message. How much greater work can be accomplished by one laborer if the sick are taught how to care for themselves in their own homes, and how to prevent disease by healthful living. It is the design of the Loma Linda College to prepare workers to carry the full gospel. Surely the time is ripe for an advance move all along the line, and those who engage in this work may hope for an abundant blessing.

G. K. ABBOTT, M. D.