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byriairi Girl to Return To-Native LaodAnd Be Only Woman Doctor TherePHIIJLDELPHlA, June 29. — With th r expected aid cf h«*r friend, M Helen M, Could, Dr. Afary Sallom, of 1312 FafiLsyunk avenue, a* native of Mt. I*ebanon, Syria, is preparing- to erect in that country an up-to-date hospital. In the wonto she will have the co-operatfon of her brother. Dr. Abdullah K. riallo-n.Tlie two young physicians graduated this month from lt;the medical school of Temple University, Already they have distinguished themselves in their choson field. In collaboration they wroto thr*'e years a^o an €6*ay On the Cause and Stuunnce of the Hrart Jlcait. which appeared In a rromlnont medical JoumivL A year later they originated a the try of diplopia or double visionThe fattier of this remarkable pair Is Kalll Sallom. agent for the In tern at! on* I SUamshlp Company and Interpreter at the Philadelphia Immigration station Ve is regarded as a lead/er of Syrians in tl.e United States.The Sallom family ovm lar^e estates In Sit. Lebanon, which is the central province of djyrta. Tlie.ro I* Is they intend to build the hospital. Such an Institution, it is said, is badly needed in th it locality, for there Is only one large hospital in the country and that is sotees i ' n mu*A \lt; ir \zo jCCU*Hlimk k\ ;Cl Jsituated as to be lancces* 5bllt;* to most of tbr population.In the* erection of th^ hospital IV Mary fflallom. has received aswu aneos t 'ii she will be aided by Goi Idshe met Miss lt;oulii at i re the philanthropist was -o grreatli s t-tmeted to the brilliant Syrian gVl that fin invitation was exivndoa. later to visit Miss Gould at heL New 'i ork home'. Tn1*? Dr. Saliom did last March. Purine? h*'r stay Miss GouJd became * cciuini*d »!!( the ptuis which the jrlrl physician lias laid ’out for h*r J£*e wiorS* and gave her much ^ncourfljsrr-menL A great labor wnjieh tl o brother and siftei will undorta.Hr in ti en* naiiv» 1 itul will he the Instruction of their pro] I is to the true character of 1 Jb^ivuioMs \t the present Urns, they f-j. the byri if* believe that consumption ) as ronlagii ^ and malignant as leprosy Them aie today no wo nan physicians ill Syria, so that a wide \ fid i«? open lor Dr. Mary Sallcwr.. The fit d is specially sreat because the wome; of Sviia *Ml not permit themselves to l o trcaled by a male physician in any r use Mhich requires a physical examination,During: the next year the twn physicians will devote thorns oh ee to bospHal work in this country, and in Jvtnlt;\ IS] ft, will return to their nati*** land
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Oakland, California, US
Mon, Jun 28, 1909
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