Tribute To Dr. Dawson
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Prom Our Own Correspondent
Rarotonga, March 26.
MANY Rarotonga residents were glad to read the tribute to Dr. C. M. Daw son, in the February “PIM,” under the title, “Who Planned the Fiji Medi fcal School?” We who know Dr. Daw son personally and are sometimes thank ful recipients of his skilful professional attention have great respect and admira tion for this little man with a big heart and brilliant brain.
It is very difficult to impress supersti tious islanders with the value of European medical methods, but Dr. Dawson has made considerable progress in this direc tion by his successful treatment of cases, some of which, in native eyes, are prac tically “miracles.”
By a pure coincidence, the very same day we read the above-mentioned note, an aged Rarotongan was going round Avarua in an exci.ted state catching us by the arm and saying: “She can see!
She can see! My wife has been blind for thirteen years—but Dr. Dawson has made her see!”