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History of Presbyterian mission work and missionaries. See the following related collections: Foreign missions; Domestic missions. Featured image: Missionary to China Aimee Boddy Millican (1884-1974) and radio broadcasting staff.

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Director of Laboratory and assistant in lab, Presbyterian Hospital, Taegu, ca. 1950.
Description:
"A Corner of the Laboratory. Mr. Moon, U.S. trained technician and Director of the Laboratory, watches as one of his assistants checks a blood smear. In addition to such routine work, the laboratory prepares and reports on pathological slides, bacterial cultures, and does such things as guinea pig and rabbit inoculations."
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea, Medical laboratories--Korea--Taegu., Hospitals--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146106
Title:
Doctor's library, Presbyterian Hospital, Taegu, ca. 1950.
Description:
"Eager young doctors in training make this room one of the most popular, but unfortunately most of the reading material is of ancient vintage. a pressing need is for up-to-date books and magazines to satisfy the demand for information on medical advances of the past decade. Most of the doctors read English fairly well. Dr. Moffett, acting Supt. in the absence of Dr. R.K. Smith who is home on furlough, brushes up on some material for an evening medical class, while Dr. Whong browses by the bookcase. He is Asst. Supt. and Chief of Medicine, a graduate of the Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical School with post-graduate work at Tulaneapos;s School of Tropical Medicine in New Orleans, and with a post-war degree in Public Health from Harvard."
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission., Moffett, Samuel H.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea, Hospitals--Korea--Taegu., Hospital libraries--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146078
Title:
Taegu Presbyterian Hospital, ca. 1963.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea, Hospitals--Korea--Taegu., Children--Hospital care--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145959
Title:
Clinic, Presbyterian Hospital, Taegu, ca. 1950.
Description:
"Dr. Whong (center) and Dr. Chung examine patients while a resident records their findings. Clinic space is crowded and inadequate because of a 1940 fire which destroyed the brand new dispensary building. The room in this photo was originally a ward for charity patients. The hall outside is packed with patients waiting for their turn."
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea, Hospitals--Korea--Taegu., Clinics--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145947
Title:
Presbyterian Hospital and staff, Taegu, ca. 1950.
Description:
"This 70-bed institution is staffed with 11 doctors, 7 residents physicians, 6 interns and 24 graduate nurses. In addition there are 34 girls in training in the School of Nursing. Technicians and non professional workers add to a total complement of 152 people, serving a local city population of about 350,000."
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea, Hospitals--Korea--Taegu., Hospitals--Employees.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145838
Title:
Nurse and patient at the hospital, Taegu, ca. 1963.
Creator:
Sibley, Horace Norman., Sibley, Horace Norman. (photographer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea, Hospitals--Korea--Taegu., Nurse and patient--Korea--Taegu., Children--Hospital care--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145821
Title:
Nurse feeding a baby, Taegu Presbyterian Hospital, ca. 1950.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea, Nurse and patient--Korea--Taegu., Newborn infants--Hospital care--Korea--Taegu., Hospitals--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145805
Title:
Taegu Presbyterian Hospital, ca. 1963.
Description:
Severely burned children.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea, Hospitals--Korea--Taegu., Burn care units--Korea--Taegu., Medical personnel and patient--Korea--Taegu., Children--Hospital care--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145763
Title:
Group of nurses at Presbyterian Mission, Taegu, ca. 1950.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Korea Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea, Women nurses--Korea--Taegu., Hospitals--Korea--Taegu.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145707

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