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222 CHINA MISSION YEAR BOOK.a great loss in the death of Dr. Paiiltm, its founder,but the nucleus of a strong faculty remains, and considerable support, both locally and from Germany, isassured.The following mission schools are teaching medicine :Teaching inHan^chow, Chekiang. C. M. S. Mandarin.Shanghai, Kiangsu. St. John s University. English.Soochow, Kiangsu. M.E., South. ,, and vernacular.Nanking, Kiangsu. A. P. M., South, M. E- M.,Christian and FriendsMissions.Mandarin.Hankow, Hupeh. Union. ,,Wuchang, Hupeh. Boone University.English.Changsha, Hunan. Yale Mission. Mandarin.Cheutu, Szechuan. Union. Mandarin.The one word of all these schools is Union.There is a widespread feeling that the day is passedwhen it is the part of wisdom to educate Chinesephysicians with the sole aim of their employment inmission hospitals. This enterprise had its day of usefulness, but it does not meet the present demand, and itinvolves tremendous risks, where these insufficientlyeducated men break loose from mission hospital ties andsupervision and start out for themselves, all too oftenon the highroad of malpractice and quackery. Moreover, even as hospital assistants they are found lackingin the better teaching and discipline of the up-to-datemission hospital. It is realized that in union of forceswhere various hospitals and their staffs are within afeasible teaching radius, there lie the possibilities ofgiving Chinese men a variety and thoroughness oftraining that in certain cases may approach the ultimatedesirable. By this method Chinese physicians of considerable ability and reliability may be educated to meetthe pressing demand for foreign-trained physicians in thenavy, army, and in civil life, as well as afford hospitalinternes of real ability.The school in Hangchow is entirely at present underthe English Church Mission. The faculty consists of