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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 841, 19 May 1910, Page 2

Miss E. C. M. Brown, writing in “ Travel and Exploration ” about the adventures of herself and Miss Sheldon, M.D., another misssionary lady, in Thibet (they crossed the border from Nepaul), says that they made the jongpen, or head of the monastery at Takalot, a present of some soap, an article little used at elevations of from 12,000 to 15,000 feet above sea level. “ Once in treating a Thibetan lama, who was suffering from dropsy, Miss Sheldon recommended a bath on a warm day. The wife held a consultation with our Thibetan Christian women as to the effect of such heroic treatment. He had never had a bath in his life, she said, and she was not quite sure whether he would survive one! Their prejudices were overcome, the man was bathed and eventually recovered. Since then there have been similar cases, and a few days before the penning of this article a sick Thibetan woman, who came to the mission, was in such filthy condition that vermin seemed to be consuming her. She was too far gone, and succumbed in a very short time. Others of her family were also ill, but .were cleaned up, and gradually recovered. Their former garments had to be burned or buried.”