Dr. Oberholtzer Becomes a Medical Missionary

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 20, 1906

Dr. Oberholtzer Becomes a Medical Missionary

The Journal of the American Medical Association in its issue of Nov. 10, 1906, in its medical news from Arkansas, makes the following note: “Dr. Ollie Oberholtzer, of Little Rock, has decided to become a medical missionary, and will sail for India about the first of December.” Dr. Oberholtzer made the office a short call as she passed through Washington to take the steamer, November 21. She related many interesting experiences which she has had in her work in Little Rock. One of her converts, a lady who has always been paralyzed so that she has never walked, goes out in her wheelchair and sells our periodicals on the street corner. From her savings from this work, she presented to Dr. Oberholtzer

upon parting with her, a considerable sum of money to help her in her missionary efforts. She also insisted upon sending the doctor a yearly allowance from her earnings. Dr. Oberholtzer is enthusiastic in the belief that the religious aspect of our work is not only that of which the sick are most in need, but also that keeping this prominent gives the physician a better standing, and adds to his influence.