Letter, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) The missionary Brethren avoid contact with the other missionaries but use Arthur’s medical services. 2) The coming of cooler autumn weather is an invigorating break between summer heat and severe winter cold. 3) The death of a missionary faith healer who declined medical help until too...

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Date(s) of creation: September 9, 1894
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber MS 381056/03/57
callnumber_txt MS 381056/03/57
callnumber-sort MS 381056/03/57
prefix_number 57
title Letter, Chefoo
scb_date_creation September 9, 1894
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description Subjects: 1) The missionary Brethren avoid contact with the other missionaries but use Arthur’s medical services. 2) The coming of cooler autumn weather is an invigorating break between summer heat and severe winter cold. 3) The death of a missionary faith healer who declined medical help until too late, 4) The expected arrival of Hudson Taylor with a large party will entail use of hospital wards empty because of fear of a Japanese invasion for accommodation. 5) There is a lot of sickness and the small child of a missionary has died.
scb_access_status Restrictions apply
scb_conditions_gov_access Users should consult transcript of item in first instance. Original item can only be consulted with written agreement of the Archivist. Please apply to special.collections@soas.ac.uk
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
language English
language_search English
scb_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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]
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