Show BUILT UT Y OHIO MA IiAN There has just ben been dedicated In InS S Korea a ne new hospital building the cost of which wa was defrayed b by Mr L H Severance of Cle 0 and which is to be known as the Severance Memorial hospital I it Is to be con conducted conducted ducted under the direction or of the Presbyterian board or of foreign missions which has a a number of medical mis missionaries stationed in the Korean ci city TIle he building was er erected eted in the face of many difficulties us as i it is extremely hard to build an American structure with Oriental laborer laborers whose ideals and habit habits are ure so totally different front ours An instance of this Is found in inthe inthe the fact that al all the plumbing in the building had to be replaced p personally b by Dr Dl 0 R A Avison and one of the theother theother other workers of the mission In most respect respects the new building follows the thenes nes of modern hospital construction and i it is a credi credit alke alike to the PresbyterIan nan rIan missIonaries who carried out it its details and to Mr Severance whose benevolence made the buildIng possible Ar An interesting fact in connection wih with this Korean hospital is that It Its corner slIme was laid a year cr ago Jast Thanks giving da day by the lIon Hon H N Alle Allen now minIster to Koren Korea but the one who as a Presbyterian missionary laid the foundations of the medical wor work or of orthe the board in Korea by the successful performance of surgical operations upon uP prominent Koreans who hud had been wounded 0 und ed in 18 1584 4 Il in the conflict between t oon the Chinese and Japanese garrisons Dr Ales Allens marked success at that time made such un an impression upon the cent D m th place placed lit o a hospital by the government It is from the building thus that the Pre Presby terian medical work I Is me to the new hospital The frs first operation was as performed in the rew building Oct Oct 1 and and was for the extraction or of cataract one of thel worker It as especially appropriate that th the fr first im important Important work of a new missionary los lies pital should be for an operation Jet Iet ting in the light S |