'File 8/8 Agency Administration Report 1922-1930' [‎42r] (88/474)

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rations by nurses, 26, and Neo-
dons, 13. Three major operations
recently were on patients from
ler places in Persia, who come all
rein for that purpose,
e formed a large part of the work
the most interesting phase of it 1
vere made, 103 of which were in
add, neighbouring islands. A call to
laces means practically a day gone,
around Menameh the medical Ford
t help and time-saver. During the
ic and a later epidemic of acute
is many as ten calls were made in a
rho can afford it send a taxi for the
e possible we use the Mission Ford.
?oes by but we bless the donor of it
arrison, who sent it to Bahrein,
ng the winter months to accompany
lical and evangelistic workers on
and tours. It has been our ambition
since the tours were begun but since
more or less of an experiment up to
as not advisable to begin women’s
i no women came out for treatment
illages toured thus far, we hope that
the presence of a nurse and a woman assistant or
two, if known to the women of the villages, will
bring them out. At least we hope to give it a fair
trial for these women are too far distant and too
backward to be reached in any other way.
Obstetrical work continues to thrive. Fifty-three
cases were taken care of this year, nine of which
were normal. When a nurse is sent for in a normal
case it is a sign of enlightenment and education in
the home. Nurse Sundri and I were called to one
place from which, when we pronounced the case
normal we were promptly sent home again.
Obstetrics is the branch of medical work that should
be developed most emphatically in Bahrein. In no
other place in the Gulf are conditions found
such as exist here. And it is only by patient,
unrelenting and diligent toil, and practical teaching
and demonstration, that we can nope to educate
the women to higher ideals. Then, when they
have learned to want better care, then we must be
equipped and ready to give them the best there is
to offer. A few have learned; others are waking
up. Our hopes for these women will be realized
when we get the new Women’s Hospital, in which
we shall be able to take care of them properly. One
of our obstetrical cases was in Darein, which took