Photo by Shirley C. Hulse 



THIS MEXICAN GIRL WAS FOR SEVERAL YEARS NURSE AND DOCTOR S ASSISTANT AT 



BOOUIELA 



She attracted the doctor's attention by her interest in the affairs of the hospital, and, 

 from an ignorant, untrained beginning, she came in time to take full charge of the doctor's 

 work during his illness or absence. She has upon occasion successfully performed surgical 

 operations, herself giving the anesthetic, with no help but that of a mozo. She was abso- 

 lutely cold-blooded and unfeeling in her handling of patients, perhaps to their ultimate benefit, 

 and she has been suspected of slyly working off personal grudges upon the persons of certain 

 sufferers on the operating table. This was, however, merely in a spirit of mischief and 

 consisted only in getting an occasional harmless yelp and wriggle from the victim. In com- 

 mon with many of the Mexicans, she was exceedingly clever with her pencil, and she copied 

 from American fashion-plates and made for herself clothes which would have done her 

 credit on Fifth avenue itself. Also, she was the personification of meekness and industry, 

 and it is to be hoped that she is a fair illustration of Mexican possibilities, granted the 

 opportunity to learn and to advance 



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