Clara A. Swain, M.D

By Robert Mrs. Hoskins

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• Language: English
• Publisher: DigiCat
• Release date: Sep 16, 2022
• ISBN: 8596547343288

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Robert Mrs. Hoskins

Clara A. Swain, M.D

EAN 8596547343288

DigiCat, 2022

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CLARA A. SWAIN, M.D.

EARLY LIFE

CONVERSION

TEACHING IN CANANDAIGUA

TRAINING IN THE SANITARIUM

AT THE MEDICAL COLLEGE

CALL TO SERVICE IN INDIA

APPOINTMENT TO BAREILLY

THE NAWAB'S GIFT

FIRST FURLOUGH

PHYSICIAN TO THE RANI OF KHETRI

SECOND FURLOUGH

RETURN TO KHETRI

TRIP THROUGH EUROPE AND THE HOLY LAND

TO INDIA FOR THE JUBILEE

AT HOME IN CASTILE

A GLIMPSE OF INDIA

THE LAST YEAR OF HER LIFE

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CLARA A. SWAIN, M.D.

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The frail little mother of a frail little daughter did not live long enough to see the fullest answer to her prayer that her youngest born might grow up to be a good and useful woman, for she passed away before her daughter began her medical career, but the prayer was not forgotten by Him who ever hears the cry of those who call upon Him in faith.

Clara was the youngest of the ten children of John and Clarissa Seavey Swain. She was born in Elmira, N.Y., but when she was two years old her parents returned to their old home in Castile and here she spent her early life.

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EARLY LIFE

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She was not a strong child, and being the youngest of a large family naturally received much attention, which in after years she concluded was not good for her. She once described herself as a puny little thing who wanted everything she saw and thought she ought to have it. I had a will of my own, she said, "and my mother found it necessary to be very firm