Appeal on behalf of Christian Medical Work in Africa, by Dr. Mary Gibbons
Contributions for the medical service of all missionary societies who work in Africa and who are members of the Conference of British Missionary Societies will be gracefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
Dr. Mary Gibbons has spent thirty adventurous years in East Africa, dealing with all kinds of tropical diseases and with such accidents as being bitten by a crocodile or mauled by a lion. When she began work at 'her hospital in Tanganyika the infant mortality in the area was 81 per cent.; fifteen years later When she had trained some African nurses it was down to 24 per cent. In addition to disease and ignorance she had to deal with fear, for many of her patients believed that sickness was due to witchcraft.
Dr. Gibbons speaks for British missionary doctors and nurses of all denominations who are pioneering an healing work in Africa and co-operating with Governments in different 'territories ito set a paa-tern for medical service and education.