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      THE

      ENGLISH WOMAN'S JOURNAL

      PUBLISHED MONTHLY . ' i i ¦ ¦ - i ¦ ' i _ ¦ ¦ i ' _~ '

      • . » . . . ¦— — — — — . . Vol. V, May 1...

      • . » . _. . ¦— — — — — . . Vol . V , May 1 , I 860 . No . 27 .

      Xxiii.—Medicine As A Profession Foe, Wom...

      XXIII . —MEDICINE AS A PROFESSION FOE , WOMEN . * _¦«¦

      -«A» » F In Or Inviting Women, Consider ...

      - « a » » f In or inviting women , consider it is no ation t a simp to tlie le t subj heor e y ct that of medicine we wish as to an present occupation , but

      b the een resul studen ts o ts f practical medicine experience ; for eig . _lit years For fourteen we have years been we engaged have

      in the practice of our profession in New York ; and during the last with su _23 por five some t of years certai a medical have nty on , charity in this addi . subject tion We , may ; bee and n there ac we tivel f are ore y supported ven occup ture ied to hy in spea the th in k

      Eng earnest land sympath and Americ y of lar a g in e numb presenting ers of this inte subj lligent ect for women the , first both time

      to The _tlie public idea . of the education * of women in medicine is not now an

      public entirel , y institutions new one ; have for been some founded years it has fessin been g t discussed o accomplish by the it l ,

      need occupation and m which any . w lies o Yet men at tlie a the re true alread bottom position y en of g of this g - women movement in , s in ome medi form an cine d th , f tlie e medic means real a

      known necessary . " to We secure believe its it practical is now usefulness time to bring and this success , subject , are forward little

      large individuals and place and it onl demanding in y _* its bufc true of such serious lig support ht , as importance a as matter will allow to not the of affecting communit the establish a y few at

      ment ; of an institution for the thorough education of women in medicine .

      Wlien the idea of the practice of medicine by -women is suggested , the _grounds on which , we usually find sympathy expressed of

      for it are two . The first isthat there are certain departments medicine in which the aid of , women physicians would be especially valuable to womenThe second argument _isfchat women are much

      in need of a wider . field of occupation , and if they , could successfully practise any brandies of medicine it would « be another opening

      an * exposi This lecture tion of tlie was effort prepared now to being y Drs made . Elizabeth in the and city Emil of y _New Black York well , as to the delivered in Clinton

      open Hall , oh the profession 2 nd of December of medicine , 1859 to . women . It was

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    • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1860, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051860/page/1/