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416 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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large hospital , and five in the parochial subdivisions of the town . * Miilhausen is Protesta , no doubt nt Sisters , the onl . y As town regards in France numbers where , amon a publi g the c hosp low ital er ord is conducted ers here th by
K ence oma ar n e C with athol the ic p Protestants opulation is . Thus gely increasing the traveller . But finds the the wealth Deaconess and influ with - her whom Bible her , established life is spent in . a All safe round and busy is the home garden in the m w i dst ich of seems the p at consta ients for nt
all feature medical of all Deaconess liancesand -hosp here itals some . Within of the is the Sisters phdrmacie , are constantl _, well provide to be d w se ith en _, making up medicines pp , or preparing bandages . As regards the medical y aspect
with of a Kaiserswerth Deaconess Insti . But tution it , is c the ertainl other y St t rasbur he aroch g will ial well bear of Deaconesses comparison building at Miilhausen is in , preparation concerning for which their we home desire , but especiall p at present y to group they say a live word together . A new in
a a short house y ha rest ve conti prayers . guous All the morning to remainder the residence and of evening the of day one . , they At of the noon are pastors out they at meet work of the for in town their dinner . several There and
D quarters eacone . ss of The the town district is divided has a cou into five of districts roomsw , and hich in are eac the h one centre of these of her the operations . She has here a small p collection of , medicineswith linen and
H flann ere el , o and is a whatever kitchen , else where is likel her y servant to be n prepares eeded by soup the sick and and , meat suffering for the poor aged .
p and hysici the an convalescent to receive instruction . Here , s at regarding fixed intervals those invalids , the D who eaconess are able meets to come the tor advice . The more serious cases are visited at home . All the ordinary
the cases general she is competent wants of , the from poor her and medical degraded training in , to her deal district with she herself is . busied With throug are dan hout gerousl the y day ill . . It Sometimes is evident she that passes this system the night insp by ires the the bed utmost of those con who
fidence at Miilhausen . The Homan Catholic Sisters of Charity are adopting There D som eacon e p is e lans sses evidentl o ; f because the y no e lack the kind ir ; of g but h funds op we inion . were The of tol their munici d that training pality the and poor allows experience prefer to each the . .
the _JBienfaisance Deaconess re are local the supp commit services lies the tees of medicines and the a Medecin . What al su du is erintendin Quartier perhaps _, more and comm the importan ittee J 3 ureau of t those still de , generpg
• who voluntarily give their , time and contributions in aid of this well-organized , " accounts work . Ladies are published come forward quarterl willing y . Above ly to all co , - these operate exertions in this have way , throug and the h-
out for the a distinctl body . y While religious we aim heard . The and saw end is the to details do good of to this the excellent soul while system caring , parochial it seemed diaconate like the . " realization of a long cherished dream of a female
The following extract relates the services of Greek Sisters of Mercy inside Sebastopol at the time of the siege .
correct * " These the statistics numbers for were that understated we will even ive for the 1860 substance . Without of what seekin is g said to year
with joyful thankfulness at the beg , inning g of the Report for 1861 . ' Nine years into sick of six ago a quarters sin , as gle a small street which beg ; now inning are the cared , town there for , throug was b a nurs sing h its i le whole - district sisters extent -deaconess and , is the subdivided district for the
-, y ng ; jnirsin of Christian _^ has its love own . Seventeen house , large years and ago roomy there , as was a central not a sing _jDoint le Deaconess for this work in nine IMiilhausen in the ; new now house twent , y ) - all four that are they laboring may here serve , ( fifteen the Lord in the in his hosp suffering ital , and
members . '"—Dia _/ wnissenwerk in _Mulhausen _, p . 3 ,
416 Notices Of Books.
416 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1862, page 416, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081862/page/56/
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