Minutes of the annual meeting of the Medical missionary society in China : and fifteenth report of its Ophthalmic hospital at Canton, for the years 1848 and 1849 / By Rev. P. Parker, M.D.

  • Medical Missionary Society in China.
Date:
1850
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Credit: Minutes of the annual meeting of the Medical missionary society in China : and fifteenth report of its Ophthalmic hospital at Canton, for the years 1848 and 1849 / By Rev. P. Parker, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Corresponding Secretary. Rev. P. Parker, m. d. Recording Secretary, S. W. Williams, Esq. Treasurers, Messrs. Russell &. Co. Auditor, W. H. Mouss, Esq. The Treasurer')* report was then read and approved, and the Chair- man informed the meeting of the ainount of various sums received from the Ladies* Chinese Association of Philadelphia. The Chairman then gave a brief statement of the present state and prospects of the Society's operations, that upwards of 30,000 patients had been received at the Ophthalmic Hospital in Canton, and only adverted to numerous important and successful operations fof stone, and other surgical cases, as he presumed the members present were already familiar with them; and observed that the prospects of the Society were never so encouraging as now In regard to its highest aims, the diffusion of a knowledge of the Gospel among the Chinese. A letter from Messrs. William Appleton &. Co., inclosing another from Win. Sturgis and others, having been submitted to the meeting, the Chairman tailed the attention of the Society to the correspondence between the Committee in behalf of the Society and Rev. Mr. Stanton and others, the Committee in behalf of the seceders at Hongkong; relative to the subject of the re-uuion of the Society; and expressed the hope and belief that when all misunderstanding was removed, and the actual position df the two divisions of the Society was rightly understood, that a consummation of the object, so desirable in every respect as re-union, might still be effected. The letter from Messrs. W. Appleton and Co., and its inclosure are as follows :— Boston, November 17th, 1846. Dear Sir, By the inclosed paper you will perceive that the subscribers in this city to the fund for establishing at Canton for the benefit of Chinese, a Hospital and Medical school under your superintendence, wish to place that fund at your disposal to be used in such a manner as you may think will best promote the object of the Contribution, to alleviate suffering among the Chinese by the introduction of medical skill and science. They are con- fident that in leaving this fund at your disposal, it will be used in the way most likoly to serve the great cause of humanity, and are gratified by the opportunity it affords them to testify to you their continued confidence and esteem. That you may be continued and prospered in your good work is their sincere wish, and of Dear Sir, Your friends and servants, To the Rev. Dr. P. Parker, Canton. \V.w. Appleton & Co.