A Medical Missionary Problem.
By R.H.Mumford, M.B., C.H.B
It is a constant source of regret to the missionary doctor in the Far East that his patients, for the most part, have to pay fees towards the cost of treatment. It is, of course, true that what is charged is not only much less than what patients are charged elsewhere, and very little in proportion to the value of services rendered, but also a fact that the Hospitals are dependent on help from the Church in England. Nevertheless it cannot easily be forgotten that Britain and other countries are blessed with splendid Free Hospitals and Dispensaries. Not only are these lacking out here, but the bulk of the population consists of peasantry who are always living precariously near poverty, if not actual want. Thus the advent of disease into à homeis not a cause of grievous anxiety in itself, but also a financial menace.
It cannot be wondered at, therefore, that money matters enter into professional consultations to an extent that would be ludicrous if sometimes if it were not pathetic. The following dialogue which took place recently at the Mission Hospital in Shokwa is typical. Doctor: “I am sorry to have to tell you that your wife is dangerously ill and the only hope, lies in an operation; even then……”
Husband, interrupting, “How much would it cost?”
The financial bogey is partly responsible for the fact that the doctor who works in the East has to deal with disease in more advanced forms, for most part, than his professional brother at home. Ignorance is more responsible, and with poverty, causes much in the way of suffering and loss of life.
What has been written applies to normal times. Unfortunately, we’re now living in times which are depressingly abnormal, everywhere. The people in Formosa, part of the Japanese Empire, at the

醫療宣教士的問題
內外全科醫學士 文輔道著
　身處遠東的醫療宣教士，時常因病人須繳醫藥費這件事感到無比無奈。不可否認，雖然醫藥費遠比其他地方便宜許多，費用也遠低於服務所應索取的費用，但是這些醫院都是依靠英國教會的贊助。然而，我們不可忘記英國與其他國家有幸擁有免費的醫院及藥房。這裡不僅缺乏醫院及藥房，且居民大多是經濟狀況近貧困的農民。疾病不只是人民焦慮不安的來源之一，同時也是一種財務威脅。
　因此，不難理解金額在看診時時常被提到，若不是因他們遭遇令人感到可憐無助，情況簡直荒唐至極。以下對話常見於我們彰化宣教會醫院，醫生：「我很遺憾要告訴你，你太太病入膏肓，唯一的希望就是要動手術，但即便如此…」丈夫直接插嘴道路：「但費用是多少？」
　相較於在西方的醫生，醫生在東方會時常面臨著更惡毒的疾病，無知與貧困在這裡造成無數人的痛苦及死亡，這也是財務問題所造成的。
　本篇所述亦可套用於一般正常情況，很不幸，我們正處在一個異常沮喪的時代。福爾摩沙的人民，現在是日本帝國的一份子，