Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China (1900)
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London ; New York : Cassell and Company · leaf 64
A BURIAL CHARITY. A BABY TOWER,FOOCHOW. When a baby dies, and the parents aretoo poor to give it a decent burial, thevdrop its poor little body into one ofthe openings in this tower. A Guild ofBenevolence charges itself with the taskof clearing out the tower every two orthree days, burying the… … A BABY TOWER,FOOCHOW. BOTTLE SELLER AND HOSPITAL PATIENT. The hospitals of England and Chinahave evidently many things in common.Inside the compound of the EnglishPresbyterian Medical Mission of Swa-tow, the patients buy their bottles ofthe vendor as they if were patients ofGuys or St.…
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