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Who's Who in the Far East/ANDERSON, Dr. John Arthur

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3629480Who's Who in the Far East — ANDERSON, Dr. John Arthur

ANDERSON, Dr. John Arthur (TAICHOW),M.D., Medical Missionaiy; b. May 11, 18C2; m. Oct. 1895, Alexancrina Ross, M.D. Educ.: Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; New York University, U.S.A. Connected with the Consumptive Sanatoiia of Scotland; was Surgeon in charge C.I.M. Hospitals at Chungking, Chinkiang, and Taichow; travelled in the wilds of West China on Tibetan border; followed the course of River of Golden Sand from iron bridge near Li-kiang-fuin Noithern Yunnan to where it is joined by White Water River and becomes Yangtze; explored teriitory in-habited by various tribes-the Mingkia, Lo-so and Li-go and skhted the teiritory of savage Mang-tse and Lo-lo; travelled in Kwei-cho and saw fcmething of Miao tribe resident in that province; went to Shanghai during Boxer troubles of 1900; was ordained Missionary in charge Taichow-fu, prov. of Chehkiang, in 1898, by Rev. J. Hudson. F.R.C.S., M.R.C.S., etc. Publications: "Can't You':" and "Divine Healing." Addrex*: China Inland Mission, Taichow, via Ningpo, China.