Lingering Conversation

`A glimpse of Dr. Elisabeth Josefine Vomstein and her passion for serving the disabled'

Born on 14 September, 1916. In the wine growing town of Schliengen-Mauchen, Germany.

Graduated from Freiburg Medical University, Germany and reached Salem, India on 14 January, 1961.

Served the Leprosy disabled at Settipatty, Omalur, Salem-India from 1961 to 1999.

Supported the cause living in Salem town from 1999 to 2009.

Presently residing at Freiburg to a quiet life.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

At The Task

`The Heavens do but tell the way. It is for us to labour at the task'

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Her Poem Her Passion

This poem was Dr. Vomstein's most treasured one in English. A sonnet by Elizabeth Barret Browning, Victorian poet. The poem matches the intensity of feeling and originality of thought with a remarkable control Dr. Vomstein had for the disabled;