QUETTA MEDICAL MISSION.
Reports for 1931 (Following on in Quetta), 1932 (Patient work), 1933 (Light and shade in Quetta) & 1934-35 (Quetta Medical Mission).
A glimpse of Quetta before the earthquake
On the 31st of May 1935 an earthquake devastated Quetta, with between 30,000 and 50,000 of its inhabitants losing their lives. The present publications document the activities of the Quetta Medical Mission in the years directly preceding the catastrophe - providing not only an insight into their work, but more importantly a view of the town before it was irreversibly altered.
Each report gives an overview of the year and statistics recording the number of major and minor operations, hospital staff etc. Also present are small pieces of writing, contributed by surgeons and missionaries, describing life at the hospital and the experience of treating people at camps in other cities and towns, such as Shikarpur and Karachi. The pieces by missionaries are often, and unsurprisingly, focused on religious matters and the means employed in spreading the “Good News”.
Other pieces stray into more varied and interesting territory, noting the tremendous ethnic and religious variety of the patients (the great range of people treated is illustrated in the photographic plates). A short article at the start of the report for 1934-35, “EARTHQUAKE - and after”, describes the terrible event and lists those who passed away.
Scarce. No copies located in Copac or WorldCat.