Download or read book Dr. Ida written by Dorothy Clarke Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Ida S. Scudder was the grandaughter of the first American medical missionary of India and Ceylon. She realised the need for more women dotcors to care for the women of India, and after training in America, she returned to Vellore, South India, in 1900. A hospital was built in 1902 and a nursing school opened in 1906. This is now the Christian Medical College and Hospital where amazing work is being carried out.