CHAPTER XVII.
FEMALE MEDICAL MISSIONARIES.
Another subject of interest to Dr. Elmslie, and about which he wrote an able paper, was Female Medical Missionaries.
This paper in extenso, may be found in the "Indian Female Evangelist," for January 1873. The following abstract will indicate its value:–
"1st, With the exception of the lowest classes, the women of India are virtually prisoners in their own homes.
"2d, Their physical, intellectual, moral, and religious condition is dark and deplorable.
"3d, Ameliorating influences, to be effectual, must be those which can enter the Zenanas of India.
"4th, In those parts of India where education is prized by the men, the Christian Zenana educationalist will generally be admitted.
"5th, Bengal, and one or two other parts of India, have shown a laudable readiness, in accepting the invaluable boon of western science and learning.
"6th, The Mussulmans of India have not, as a body, followed the good example of the Bengalis and others, in accepting and promoting English Education.