1952 Geloof en Wetenschap : Orgaan van de Christelijke vereeniging van natuur- en geneeskundigen in Nederland - pagina 133

29 sharing of experience in the development of the Christian Medical Work. This is carried out under three general heads. a. Conferences. As the Association originated in the informal meetings held in the Hill Stations where the medical missionaries congregated during the hot season, so Conferences have been the main stay of the Association. The annual Hill Station Conferences are still continued in May and June of each year, one meeting in Kodaikanal, one in the Nilgiris and one in Landour. Attendances at these r u n between 50—120. Each biennium a General Conference is held at which from 75—100 gather. In the last decade these have not been so well attended owing to the expense of travel (due to withdrawal of railway concessions) and the understaffing of the hospitals consequent on the War. The last General Conference, the Thirteenth, was held in Baroda on the 1st of November 1951. The Association is divided geographically into 14 areas and it is the poUcy of the Association to have a regional conference annually in each area. Last year six such regional conferences were held. These conferences offer opportunity for spiritual fellowship and inspiration, presentation of clinical articles or case reports, consideration of administrative problems and discussion of policy. b. Inspection and counselling. The two full-time secretaries spend as much time as possible and as funds permit in travel. They attend meetings of managing Boards of which they may be members; they make surveys of areas or of the medical work of Missions on request and aim to visit all institutions during a six year term. Last year the two Secretaries travelled an aggregate of 45,000 miles. To their own long experience of hospital administration they have added the experience gained from hospitals previously visited to assist in the solution of problems which arise. c. The Journal. The Association publishes a bi-monthly Journal at a subscription rate of Rs. 5/— per year, but which members receive as free part of their membership. The content resembles that of the Conferences: clinical articles, administrative and religious articles, organisational news. This forms another platform for mutual sharing of experience. HEALTH WORK. While emphasis on Health has been an important part of the program of the Association, it must be regretfully admitted that accomplishment in this field has been meagre. The reason is not far to find. The tremendous pressure of therapeutic work in most of our tmderstaffed hospitals has taken the entire time of the doctors, apart form the Ante and Post Natal Clinics which most of our Hospitals contained and occasional lantern lectures or talks. Recenty however, a real job has been accomplished by Dr Gladys Rutherford of the British Baptist Mission and Chairman of our Committee. During the five years of village life she has chosen the seven major health problems capable of solution by means within the ability of most villagers and with her facile and humorous pen has produced a series of Health Cartoons. In this she has been helped by Dr Claire Thomson of the S.P.G. These have been produced in Flash Cards and Film Strips by India Village Service and lately by the Association and have won the approval of many experts in the field including Dr Frank Laubach. Dr Rutherford's latest achievement with the assistance of Dr Dorothea MacDougall and her sister is the production of a basic kit for a Health Flannelgraph. CHRISTIAN MEDICAL EDUCATION. Conditions in India in the field of Medical Education differ markedly from those in China in that from early days the Government has established schools and colleges of allopathic medicine. However, the need for medical education under Christian auspices was early realised not only because the

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