The Abendberg, an Alpine retreat : founded by Dr. Guggenbühl for the treatment of infant cretins / by L.G., Geneva ; with an introduction by John Coldstream, M.D.

  • François Gaussen
Date:
1848
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Abendberg, an Alpine retreat : founded by Dr. Guggenbühl for the treatment of infant cretins / by L.G., Geneva ; with an introduction by John Coldstream, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Remember, that in the narrow valleys of this magnificent country dwell a people apart, who may indeed be said to “ sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,” for whom the hopes and the joys of home, of affection, of all the powerful charities of life have been wiped away as with a sponge; to whom the cheering name of a God and a Saviour has never been proclaimed. Remember, that they ask of you no disgusting acts of Christian charity, no renunciation of the comforts and enjoyments of a happy life ; no leav¬ ing of friends and society, to consecrate a whole existence to the care of those so little cared for. We only ask what all can give, the sympathy, the interest, the intercessory prayers, the gift of superfluities, in short, the means of rescuing as many children as possible from the horrors of a miserable and useless existence ; of awaking with the beams of Divine love the sleeping chrysalis, and freeing the beautiful butterfly of the soul from the bier in which she lies. Go, and tell them who are surrounded by their children in the enjoyment of mental and bodily health, who see with transport the daily unfolding of their immortal souls—tell them to think of the mothers in our beautiful Helvetia ; tell them to bless the Eternal One, who has placed their beloved off-
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