The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1922, Page 15

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

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they are not able or refuse to give a bribe to the
physician. ‘This is the case with all poor people!
I wish to refer to only one case. A certain man had
a cancer in the mouth and went to the Government
Hospital for treatment. Since he was poor and had
no bribe to give, he sat around at the hospital for
nearly one week without even having been looked at.
Finally he left the hospital. Why was he neglected ?
Simply because he had no bribe to give! This man
did not belong to our mission, but our people are
treated the same way. Jiven if a poor person is ad-
mitted to the hospital, he does not always receive
good care and medicine. Yor such reasons our
Christians much rather consult their own doctors,
even if the majority of them are nothing but quacks,
since they at least take an interest in their case.
Ifowever, since the skill of these native practitioners
very often consists in the black art, Conference re-
solved not to give financial help if a native physician
was consulted, unless the physician is the holder of
a government certificate.

Since the Mission has but one bungalow in the
Trivandrum field and the missionary force will soon
be increased to six missionaries, four of whom will
be married, the attention of Conference was also
called to the lack of accommodations for the party
due to arrive. Conference then instructed the Tri-
vandrum brethren to arrange for sufficient accom-
modation.

On Thursday evening at 9.00 o’clock, after three
days of sessions, Conference was adjourned. The
next conference will be held in January after the
arrival of one returning and five new missionaries.
Also the representative of the Home Board and
Director of Missions, the Rev. F. Brand, who at
present is visiting the northern field, is then ex-
pected to be with us.

Trivandrum, ‘Travancore. P. IKAUFFELD.
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