God's Needle: How Lily Gaynor Brought Hope and Healing to the Land of the Witchdoctors

by Lily Gaynor, John Butterworth, E.J. Koh

In 1957 freshly qualified nurse and WEC missionary Lily Gaynor set sail for Guinea-Bissau, to live among the Papel tribe. Tuberculosis, malaria, and typhoid were rife. Children were grossly malnourished; witch doctors flourished. Lily set up a clinic under the mango trees, administering penicillin ('God's needle'). Medical care didn't stop there: pigs, cows, rabbits and hens all passed through Lily's hands. Many villagers suffered agonizing toothache:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 085721456X
• ISBN13: 9780857214560
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Lion Hudson Limited
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.9"