Greenland, 1917
Page 45
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"woman who was recovering from an oper- ation for ulcer of the breast were the on- ly patients. From the doctor's house we went to call upon Pastor Oster- mann, an agreeable man who speaks some English. His wife and three children are visiting at Ritenburg. We had dinner at the governor's at 7:30 o'clock - Miss L., Messrs Oster- mann and Knudsen and I being the guests. Dr. Borhersen and his wife and the superintendent a head nurse of the hospital (a Greenland woman) came over to bid us good bye. At just 4 p.m. we got under way in the rain, the storm having begun a half hour or so before. Rather disagreeable, but worse is