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>nc side, the name of tlio patient, her tlisoasc and treatment, and
nn the other ;i scripture text and the Lord's lVaycr. We iu-
autmirated the card system tho first ot ( K'tnhcr. au<l have touiul it
lo he ;i help in more ways than one. •.very new patient cnminij
in receives one after ;i diagnosis of Ikt ease lias l)c«.-n made, and
her [)resenting it when slic comes tlic next day for treatment does
away witli a second diagnosis. This is quite a saving ot time, for
t.n、m tlic way they tlcscrihc svmptoms it is <u*tcn cxccoilin^lv
difficult to dctcrniine a disease. Perhaps you think wo slioulcl be
ahlo to remember each ease, but when l tell you that, out of forty
women coining iii one morning, pcrliaps ten or more arc named
Fatima, nml cc[iiallv as ninny Miriam, you will see that it is not
so easy to remember just which I;atima wanted medicine tor rheu­
matism, or wliich Miriam's baby needed tlic cough mixture, espe­
cial Iv when thov all look so nuiclv alike.
All those having ulcers or abscesses arc taken into the sur­
gery and «ittoiulod to there, while tho medical cases aiul those rc-
qiiiring eye treatment are looked after in tho dispensary. L'otoro
Dr. Tlioms left lie taught Mrs. Zwomor how to operate tor trichi­
asis, and she has since performed several operations with great
success. One clay when she was sick, a woman came wlio needed
an operation for trichiasis, and Jalian Khan, our native medical
assistant, said if she waited half an hour he would operate. But
wlicn she saw him. she would not allow him to do it. She said
(.>nc of her friends had told her tliat Mrs. Zwemer bad operated
on her eyes, and she wanted her too, and not the man doctor. So
[tokl her to come back in a few days, and Mrs. Zwemor woukl
tlo it for her.
The work in the men’s dispensary is carried on much the same
as ours. Mr. Zwemer has charge of the preaching service, and
the average daily attendance is about forty. There has been con­
siderable interest shown of late, and we foci that we have every
reason to be encouraged. As many as eighty-six have come to
the men’s side in one morniiur. Tho men do not feel as the women
about staying in the hospital. They seem to like it. At present
there arc some very serious eases in tho men’s ward. About ten