[The Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2) by Dean C. Worcester]@TWC D-Link bookThe Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2) CHAPTER XVI 43/60
He next asked if it would be a good feast for Igorots as well as for Americans, and receiving an affirmative reply from the unsuspecting governor, triumphantly declared that he was going to give Baron his best horse.
Under the circumstances the governor allowed him to do so. In connection with the Bontoc Hospital we use two men, one of whom travels from settlement to settlement, relieving minor ailments on the spot and sending to the hospital only those patients who need to go there, while the other stays at home and receives them.
From time to time these two doctors "change works." Pages from their daily journals, written in the field, often read like romance. Were I a young man, and possessed of adequate knowledge of medicine and surgery, I would ask nothing better than to minister to the wants of these people.
One might not, and indeed would not, acquire great wealth, but he would be rich in friends.
Here lies a great field for practical missionary work. In connection with the health work there have been many occurrences which were both amusing and sad.
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