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Profiles Wilfred Grenfell medical missionaries. Personal background of Grenfell; Educational background; Career in medicine; Experiences of doing medical mission in Labrador; Achievements of establishing medical care.

The article presents a personal narrative reflecting on the author's experience of culture shock upon returning to medicine in Great Britain after several years as a medical missionary in sub-Saharan Africa. He argues that it is obscene for domestic British animals to receive advanced surgical care while human beings in Africa often die without surgery.

Presents an obituary of Kenneth Buxton, a medical missionary who designed, built and ran a hospital in Burundi; Background; Career highlights; Details of his death.

Offers the author's reflections on a pilgrimage made to Zhaotong, a city in the Yunnan Province of China. Background on his grandfather, who was a medical missionary, and his efforts to build a hospital; Description of the grandfather's grave and its symbolism.

Profiles Hugh Douglas Allan Gray, a medical missionary. Brief account on the cause of Gray's death; Brief information on Gray's education; Brief career background of Gray.

Profiles Roy Billington, a former medical superintendent at Mengo Hospital in Uganda, who died on October 21, 1997. His work as a missionary doctor at Mengo; His emphasis on the community effects on health; His great desire; Information about his family.