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ges. Jirunxville, Jersey City, Hackensack, Jamaica—others have sewed
through hours of fatigue. Roseland! Mrs. De Young asked me for pat
terns of our special operating-room eye towels and surgical sheets, etc.,
that they might make and send the exactly suitable article ready for use.
These are perfect and what a gift!” In closing she writes, *'l Imd 1
must be forever at my job, therefore I cherish the opportunities for real
evangelistic service offered by the large clinics in the Women’s Hospital.'”
Amarah continued in its course, ot trial and stress, New government
regulations and restrictions as regards hospitals and medical people apart
from civil institutions, made the work there very difficult. Miss Daleu-
berg without a doctor carried on work for women. She writes that
the very next day after announcement was made that medical treatment
was available at the hospital “patients began to come and the clinic grew
daily until in a few weeks there were nearly a hundred patients each day.
J’atients who were very ill I sent to the government hospital, also all notifi
able infectious diseases. As for the rest, they seemed to value what helj )
r they could get. The total number of treatments at the hospital during
the three months when work was carried on was 3,680. Most of the pa
tients came from the very poorest classes. Women of the upper classes
l . wanted medicines that I was not permitted to give, but they were not
» sick enough to make me feel badly about turning them away. Monthly
reports were required by the government. For village work we set aside
Thursday of every week and sometimes Tuesday afternoon as well. Most
of the villages within a radius of 15-20 miles of Amarah were touched.
During the short time that we were able to carry on work, 16 villages
were visited, to some of which two and three trips were made. At three
of the places, women of the sheikhs’ families were our hostesses and by
remaining a whole day Miss Jackson and I had good opportunities to
become acquainted and make friends. In some of these places there were
over 200 treatments in a day. Mentioning obstetrical work, the poor
women in the huts in and about Amarah have no better care than their
cattle. I had one case in a hut that was scarcely a shelter front the weather.
This was the woman’s ninth child but none of the eight were living. In
conclusion, I repeat that the Mission doctor can continue to do no end
of good in Amarah, in spite of the restrictions that have been placed upon
him, and the evangelistic opprtunity is as great as it ever was.”
Medical Statistics
Bahrain 3/useat Kuwait . I mara Telals
Men's Disp. New Cases 9,085 3,054 12,739
Men’s Disp. Total Treatments ...31,884 1 l,0(>5 43.549
Women's Disp. New Cases ....... 1,623 1,230 4.735 7.588
Women’s Disp. Total Treatments 8,308 7,140 22,002 3,(.80 •11.2211
Men’s Ontcalls .............. 832 212 1.044
Women’s Outcalls .......... 779 50 204 1.033
in-patients, Men ............ 481 194 • »75
In-patients, Women ....... 255 52 84 301
Surgical Operations, Men 805 280 1.085
Surgical Operations, Women__ 125 10 219 554
Obstetrical Cases 81 7 18 106
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