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    LETTER TO YOUNG LADIES. 329

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    XLVIII.—LETTER TO YOUNG LADIES DESIHOTJS...

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    m I am often consulted by young* ladies ...

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    I ^ I. Grazed And Impressive As The Scen...

    further north , go where we have been , and you will find the most florid description tame in face of the grand and Impressive scenes

    nature here lavishes with so prodigal a hand , that , to convey any idea of what they arewe have been obliged to have recourse to

    , comparisons with the world-known and world-acknowledged beauties of Italand Switzerland

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    Letter To Young Ladies. 329

    LETTER TO YOUNG LADIES . 329

    Xlviii.—Letter To Young Ladies Desihotjs...

    XLVIII . —LETTER TO YOUNG LADIES _DESIHOTJS OF STUDYING MEDICINE . BY DR . EXIZABETH BIACKWELL . . ¦ - _^ _o *

    M I Am Often Consulted By Young* Ladies ...

    m I am often consulted by young * ladies in relation to the way in

    which a woman may enter the medical profession ; I therefore willingly comply with the _sugg-estion of friends , to write down the

    results of my experience as to the best method of study that can at present be pursued by a woman who desires to become a physician ,

    and the qualifications which the student should possess . word of _^ e _^ me sa _7 > however , first of all , that though a woman

    a Caution . _niay now become a legally qualified practitioner of medicinetlie task is still a very arduous one , and should not be lightly

    , undertaken . Independently of the difficulties involved in the study itself , there are moral and social difficulties which are far greater .

    Society has not yet recognised this study as fit woman ' s work . Gossip and slander may annoy the student , and want of confidence on the

    part of women , with the absence of social and professional support and sympathywill inevitably make the entrance of the young

    , physician into medicine a long and difficult struggle . There is a noble and useful life to be gained by the conquest of these difficulties ,

    but they must not be overlooked nor underrated by anyone who desires to become a physician ; and they require perseverance ,

    courage , and self-reliance to overcome them . * Should the mindhowever , be clearly made up on these points and

    , the resolution formed to pursue the study , I think the following Preliminary preliminary qualifications necessary . The student should

    f _^ _ltudeat be "between the ages of twenty and thirty ; the health and of Medicine , constitution should be good , and she should have enjoyed

    a good education . Not only is a liberal English education a prerequisite , but familiarity with French and Latin , and some

    knowledge of Greek . The two former languages are _indispensable to a student of science , and a certain amount of Greek is equally necessary , —

    the mastery for instance , of such a book as Antlion ' s Greek Lessons .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1860, page 329, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011860/page/41/