Excerpt from The Appeal of Medical Missions The following pages represent a humble attempt to restate the case for Medical Missions, and supply to the Christian public the main considerations upon which the enterprise is based, and from which its appeal is made to the heart and conscience of the Home Churches. In no way is it claimed that what has here been written constitutes anything more than a general survey of the subject. The dominant idea in the mind of the author has been to bring home to the Christian consciousness of the Homeland an enhanced conception of the need, value, and importance of Medical Missions in the Spread of the Gospel. In consequence many aspects of the work have been dealt with in outline rather than in detail, and certain phases of Medical Missions possessing more technical than popular interest have been little more than mentioned. If it should be found that these pages serve any useful purpose as an introduction to a fuller grasp of the significance Of Medical Missions, then it is hoped that those interested will seek further informa tion from the writings of Medical Missionaries and other experts on the subject. In many cases throughout the book, references to medical missionaries are to be read as applying to both sexes equally. The author is greatly indebted to Dr Percy J. F. Lush, Chairman of the Medical Mission Auxiliary Committee of the to Dr E. H. Edwards. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.