A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF MEDICAL SERVICES RENDERED BY LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY IN TAMIL NADU
J. LILLY JEBA KARUNYA *
PG&Research Department of History, Jayaraj Annapackaim College for Women, Periyakulam-625601, Tamil Nadu, India
DELPHIN PREMA DHANASEELI
PG&Research Department of History, Jayaraj Annapackaim College for Women, Periyakulam-625601, Tamil Nadu, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
In Travancore, the missionaries of London Missionary Society (LMS) made a significant contribution through their medical services. A native agency for Medical Missions was as important and necessary as for any other department of missionary operations. The medical services rendered by the missionaries of LMS were a boon for the poor and the downtrodden in Travancore. Their Health Ministry slowly broke down the middle wall of partition between the high and the low, the pure and the polluted.
Keywords: Missionary, London Missionary Society, medical services, Tamil Nadu