Excerpt from Ministers of Mercy Although others with a knowledge of Western medicine had preceded him in missionary service, it appears quite clear that John Scudder, who sailed for India from Boston, June 8, 1819, was the first appointee whose ability as a physician received seri ous consideration. It seems quite certain that, though other physicians had gone out before Dr. Scudder, not one Of them considered himself a medical missionary nor used his knowledge Of medi cine except incidentally, if at all. At the beginning of the modern missionary move ment, many Christians believed that their interest in other races should find its expression almost ex elusively in the oral preaching Of the gospel. Now it is known everywhere that medical missionary effort is one of the most useful forms of service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.