Letter, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) Arthur’s success and eventual failure at Wunchao. 2) Unable to stand the English winter Arthur spends six months in. 3) Getting a medical qualification in USA. 4) A student on vacation learns medical skills from Arthur and achieves. 5) Much success in his own village. 6) Story of stolen...

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Date(s) of creation: March 12, 1893
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Summary: Subjects: 1) Arthur’s success and eventual failure at Wunchao. 2) Unable to stand the English winter Arthur spends six months in. 3) Getting a medical qualification in USA. 4) A student on vacation learns medical skills from Arthur and achieves. 5) Much success in his own village. 6) Story of stolen goods leading to suicide.
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Language: English
Copies: Transcript available in J. D. Owen, J. Gullick & S. McClure (eds.), 'Married to a Missionary: Constance Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]
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