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    158 MEDICINE AS A PROFESSION FOR WOMEN. ...

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    possible proof to the public of the possibility of the practice o £ womensince , being" public in its character , its results are known , as

    , those of private practice cannot be . _Secondly , it is already a valuable medical centre for women . The practice of a public institution ,

    however small , establishes connections between those yrho conduct it and others engaged in various public charities ; and from the re

    lations thus formed we have already been able to obtain facilities for students in the city dispensaries , and in private classes , that

    could not be obtained had we not such a centre to work from . Indeed , so effectual has it proved already in this manner , that were it

    established on a permanent basis , we could , by its assistance , and our connections with the profession here and in Europe , enable

    individual students , possessing the requisite means , to obtain a good medical education before the institution itself can offer the complete

    education which I have described . It is , moreover , a charity which is of much value to poor women ,

    as being the only one where they can obtain the aid of women hysicians . We have only been able to keep a very small number

    p of beds , but they are constantly occupied by a succession of patients , and we could fill a much larger number if we were able to support

    them . Our dispensary practice is constantly increasing " . "We believe , therefore , that , quite independent of the broader

    work that may be ultimately accomplished , in its present shape as a charity to poor women , as a proof of women ' s ability to practise

    medicine , and as a medical centre for women , this institution is well worthy of support .

    What we ask from those who are interested in the objects we have stated is to assist in raising a fund for endowment which shall

    place the institution on , a secure foundation . It has hitherto been supported almost exclusively by the subscriptions of a few friends ,

    who pledged themselves for certain sums during three years . It has been a principle of management distinctly laid down , that the

    infirmary should not go into debt or on credit ; that every year's expenses should be collected in advance , and should never be allowed

    to exceed the sum in the treasury at its commencement . This rule will be steadily adhered to , and no extension of operations

    undertaken until the funds are actually collected for that purpose . But so long as we are obliged to collect the income by subscription only

    from year to year we are not able even to lease a _hoiise , or make any arrangement for more than one year , but are obliged to devote

    to the work of its material support the time and attention that should be given towards organising and furthering the objects of

    the institution . New York is the true centre of medical education . One hundred and fifty thousand patients received free medical aid

    last year ; no other city in the Union compares with this in its need of medical charity . It is herethereforethat a college hospital for

    , , women should be established . We have been urged to commence

    this work in England , and offers of valuable aid have been made

    158 Medicine As A Profession For Women. ...

    158 MEDICINE AS A PROFESSION FOR WOMEN .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1860, page 158, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051860/page/14/