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    XLV.—MEDICAL EDUCATION FOR LADIES.

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    I hate read with ditlcIi pleasure a pape...

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    ( 315 )

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    Xlv.—Medical Education For Ladies.

    XLV . —MEDICAL EDUCATION FOR LADIES .

    I Hate Read With Ditlcii Pleasure A Pape...

    I hate read with ditlcIi pleasure a paper by the Misses Blaekwell _Joiirnal of selves New in , " the York on stud the , in y expediency and tlie practice May and number of policy the Art of of of tli ladies e Healing " Eng occupy lish . The . ing Woman problem 1 them and ' s -

    of finding employment for women , suitable and remunerative , especially for the highly educated , is as yet unsolved . mpath The society but est it ablished is observable to promote that it this seems obj at ect present has my rather hearty to

    limit sy its y , hopes of usefulness to the more humbly educated class of femalesand can onloffer lilit mechanical occupations to the

    of unemp the loyed , higher . In class another y are pap fairl er y g in appreciated the same Journal , and under I the consider difficulties somewhat the

    proposal modified of views the , American may be made ladies to , if meet entertained the requirements of no inconsiderable number

    . commend Before stating of Miss what Blackwell the modifications ' s plan , I may are observe which that I the should idea re is - under

    one variety by of no forms means to new my to mind me . during It has more presented than itself twenty years a

    practice and indeed , as I one am at cap this able moment of being aware broug of ht a contemp into practical lated institution operation , commend

    to itself wealth effect to tlie the the purpose hearts antici , . ations and If be the of supported effort our tr I ans b allude y -Atl the antic contributions to should friends may , of the be yp

    benevolence speedily , more having than * stronger realised claims . And on surel the y sympath there is y honorable and no form supp and ort of of the richthan one whichwould provide an

    , , whom remunerative tlie peculiarities occupation of for our the modern gifted civilisation and accomplished deprive women of the , and that of

    means of using their talents for their own benefit society The ark . first is that point it then seems , in taken the paper for granted in question that , in on order which to . I qualif would y

    rem ladies essential for for attending them to tlie sick throug and h administering the same course remedies of stud , y , and is

    Medical acquire an Colleges acquaintance demand pass with of , candidates the same for roun admission d of sciences and member , as the

    shi Let p . us Now see this -what I consider these to subjects be a fallacy are , and . endeavor to estimate

    their value to an ordinary practitioner of the art of healing . In the medical first place student we have before Anatomy he presents . himself for examination

    is required Every to learn this science under two at least , and in _isome is cases lie under must kno three w every aspects minut . First e projection , minute , descri perforation ptive anatomy , roughness ; that or

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1860, page 315, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071860/page/27/