NURSE IN ETHIOPIA.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 47, 24 January 1936, Page 14

NURSE IN ETHIOPIA.

WORK AMONG THE LEPERS. Writing from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Miss E. K. Templeton, R.N., a New Zealand nurse, trained at Invercargill, gives some interesting particulars of the leper stations in that country, states Kai Tiaki, the New Zealand Nursing Journal. “Ethiopia, is reputed to have a higher incidence of leprosy than any other country in the world,” states' Miss Templeton. “There are two institutions set aside for lepers in the whole country. One is at Harrar and is run by the French Catholics. It takes, I think, about 00 patients. The American Presbyterian Mission also treat a few leper patients a.t their station in Gorei ; and, with our work at Furi, this is 'all that is being done, with the exception of a few injections of chaulmugra oil being given by individual missionaries. “Tlie work here at Furi commenced a year ago last September. There was accommodation (which is a stone building) for about 30 patients, but huts have been built to take the overflow. Dr. Ralph Hooper, of Toronto, Canada, is the medical superintendent, and he tells an interesting story of the supply of the financial and other needs for the first few months. The American Mission to Lepers co-operntes to some extent with the Sudan Interior Mission in the work. The lepers are mostly indigent, and are fed, clothed and given medical treatment free of charge. It is really a faith work in regard to financial support. In January, the average number of in-patients per day was G 8.19; in February, 81.4, and in' March the lowest figure per day was 89, and the highest 100. In addition, we have a clinic for outdoor cases, and to these we give injections once weekly.”

PEACHES ARE IN. PEACH BATTER PUDDING. Take three ripe peaches, quarter cup of sugar, one cupful of flour, half a teaspoonful of salt, one cupful of milk and two eggs. Mix in a basin the flour, sugar, salt and well-beaten eggs. Add gradually the milk and beat until the batter is smooth. Pare and slice the peaches very thinly, add to the batter and turn into a buttered piedisli and bake very slowly for one hour in a moderate oven. Serve at once. EMPRESS PEACHES. Take 4oz of rice, four ripe peaches, 2oz of castor sugar, four tablespoonfuls of red currant jelly, H pints of milk and vanilla. Cook the rice in the milk in a doublo boiler with the sugar till the rice is soft, and the milk has been absorbed, then add flavouring to taste. Peel and halve the peaches and place the fruit on a baking tin. Cook for a few minutes in the oven. Heap the rice on a hot dish and arrange the cooked peaches on top. Put the red currant jelly in / the baking tin, and when it' is dissolved pour over the peaches. This sweet can be served either hot or cold. PEACH AND PASSIONFRUIT JAM. Take 1-Jlb of peaches, half a dozen passionfruit, some lemon juice and 1 lb of sugar. , Peel peaches and cut into slices. Cover with half of the sugar and leave till next day. Boil till tender, then add remainder of sugar, lemon juice and the passionfruit. with some of the seeds strained out. Boil one and a half to two hours or until it sets. WOMEN DEACONS. We may soon have women deacons in the Church of England (states a London writer). These women deacons would be entitled to wear a special dress or emblem, and to be called “Reverend.” The Archbishop’s Commission, which since February, 1932, has been deliberating the question of women in the ministry, lias published its report. The chief point in it is:— “We think that lay women should be eligible for all such offices and duties -in the church as are open to laymen, including that of lay reader; that authority should be given to some women to preach, to tfike occasional services, and to conduct, retreats . . . but after full consideration we do not feel able, in view of the past history and existing conditions of the Christian Church, to recommend the admission of women to the priesthood. . .