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    330 LETTER TO YOUNG LADIES

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

    When possessed of these qualifications , the student must - look forstudy Four Years ieces ' ward to of . four which years under of special existing medical circumstances study , tlie must last two be

    - years , , sary _. spent abroad . tb Division Years _! of The I first suggest to be the spent following at home division , i . e . wherever of these the four student years .

    may happen to be , in medical reading , under the direction of a in physician a hospital or surgeon and six . months The second in a laboratory to be spent , and , six in months private as classes nurse ,

    if such openings , can be found . A year . and a half must then be spent in America , to obtain a college education , and medical degree ;

    and the-remaining six months should be passed in La Maternite , obtained Paris , -where This an is invaluable a general acquaintance outline of the with four ye midwifery ars study may varia be

    -. , Variatioas tMs plan in . tions _ghoTjld being xlO openings made according for reall to y circumstances valuable study : occur for instance in the ,

    second year , except the period of nursing , it would then be better to go at once to America , and reserve the additional six months for the

    study of disease in Paris , affcer the period passed in La Maternite , or it might be that , by that time , some new openings

    in England might be found . These variations may - occur , but the essential oints to observe are , four years definite medical study :

    the first passed p in patient preparatory study ; one portion in a hospital ; another period in America ; some time in La Maternite ;

    and the rest wherever the best opportunities for medical instruction may Details be of this found Let . me a few words on each of these periodsThe

    say . plan the ™ first year ' s private study is needed , not only for the good First Year , of the studybut as a test of the student's own purpose ,

    when being in no way , committed to any future plan , she can drop tlie whole matter if it do not suit her taste , etc . It is an injurious thing

    to give up anything once resolutely undertaken , and in so serious a matter as this , a year of reflection is absolutely needed . This

    reading should be directed by a medical practitioner , who should also examine the student on the subjects of study , and give a

    certificate of -the examinations at the end of the year . There would be a great advantage to the student in having such a friend at

    hand , and I should counsel her strongly to seek for a respectable medical practitioner , who would take an interest in this

    books year of commonl study , y and used direct ~ hy students it . I on will the mention various here branches the text of

    medical study , though other works on the same subject may be used if more convenient . Carpenter ' s Physiology , Wilson ' s

    Anatomy , Pereira ' s Materia Medica , "Watson's Practice of Medicine , Druitt's Surgery , Churchill ' s Midwifery , Churchill's Diseases of

    Women , Alison ' s Pathology , Fownes ' ' Chemistry , Bell ' s Leg _^ al Medicines . Only a portion of these could be studied during this

    year , and the selection should be made by advice . Anatomy ,

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    330 Letter To Young Ladies

    330 LETTER TO YOUNG LADIES

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1860, page 330, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011860/page/42/