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court-yard. Men and women both attend and their appreciation of the
message is very encouraging. Attendance has run as high as fifty.”
Dr. Harrison made a tour to Soliar and was impresed bv the possibili- 1
lies of the Bottina district which he hopes to tour more extensively next
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year.
Tliu Mat rah hospital is located in a rented building, a native hou»c -
which is iiiihuiIhfiivtiMy In many ways. The Mission hopes soon to acquire ■%
laud and build a new hospital which "will be the center of a number o(
plans for the work's extension.11 ,
The Women's Dispensary in Muscat lias helped many babies and li i
trying to teach the mothers to care properly for their children. Dr. Hos- ' 1
mon writes, "It is a work that does bring much reward for the labor
bestowed, both from the little smiling glad faces and from the happy par-
cnts. Among the cases l recall was a Hindu baby boy brought in from
the coast, so nearly starved that he could only take an ounce of food at a
time and he was ten months old. His mother had very little milk and fed
him on tea. His condition was pitiable when I first saw him. But within
two weeks time he had changed into a bright happy baby that could take ~-’t:
eight ounces of food every three hours and sleep healthily. Another baby 1
was brought in suffering from marasmus and after months of careful feed­
ing and splendid nursing she learned to walk and talk.”
Dr. Hosmon made a tour to Kiryat. Of it she remarks, "Judging by |
the crowds that came and the earnest appeals to return, again, it seemed *
to be the best tour I ever had. People from villages around came and they
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were the most needy crowd I ever saw. An influential woman came on :*s
her camel an eight hours’ journey to meet me. She gave me a sincere *
invitation to visit her village. It was a great opportunity to tell such audi* *
ences of the Saviour, and one of the brightest spots in that experience *
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was when after I had read to a group of women I heard one quietly tell
her neighbor that her husband had hated to leave that morning to go to
another village for he did not want to miss hearing the reading from mv -
book.” V " \
In all of our hospitals dispensary preaching was done regularly and j
personal work wuu dune among the in-putienU by the doctors, cvangclliik
workers and Bible women and Colporteurs. 8 ~ "
Gratitude is expressed for the helpful supplies sent by donors of Sew. "•
ing Guild boxes. These are always more than welcome.
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STATISTICS 1
Muscat Bahrain Kuwait Amarah T ' *
Men's Disp. New cases .......... 2.000 5,703 2.242 2,529 Tou|
Men’s Disp. Total treatments . 6.000 23.250 16.012 12,029 12.474 .1,
Women’s Disp. New cases 2,188 1.510 4.592 2.323
Women's Disp. Total treatments 9,119 8,996 19.528 6.392 104IJ
Men’s Outcalls ........................... 409 226 706 KftlS |
Women’s Outcalls...................... 34 525 355
In-patients, men ........................ 541 155
In-patients, women .................... 56 147 91 32
Surg. Operations, men ............. 176 677 179
Surgical Operations, women __ 19 110 313 32 \JM .kj
Obstetrics ...................................... 4 37 Mi-m

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