Notable Women of Modern ChinaBurton, Margaret E. (Margaret Ernestine)
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Notable Women of Modern China
Burton, Margaret E. (Margaret Ernestine)
China -- Biography; Women -- Biography
During 1907 the work continued to grow steadily in scope and favour. Dr.
Kahn's annual report for that year shows something of its development: "My
practice has increased steadily among the foreigners and Chinese, until now
we have patients come to us from all the large interior cities, even to the
borders of Fuhkien. You would be surprised to know how many foreigners I
treat in this out-of-the-way place. During the year we have treated over
eight thousand patients. The evangelistic work among them has been better
undertaken than ever before, and I am sure we shall see results in the near
future. Several inquirers have been accepted, and seven women have been
taken in as probationers."
Although the demands of her work in Nanchang are constant and absorbing,
Dr. Kahn has never become provincial in her interest; while working with
whole-hearted devotion in her own corner, she still keeps the needs of the
entire field in mind. At the fifth triennial meeting of the Educational
Association of China, held in Shanghai in the spring of 1905, she gave an
address on "Medical Education," in which she said in part:
"Turn the mind for a moment to the contemplation of China's four
hundred millions, with the view of inaugurating effectual modern
medical practice in their midst. How many physicians are there to
minister to this vast mass of humanity? Barely two hundred! Such a
ratio makes the clientele of each physician about two million. What
would the English-speaking world think if there were only one
physician available for the cities of New York and Brooklyn! Yet
the people of these cities would not be so badly off, because of
the steam and electrical connections at their command."
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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