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" FEMALE MEDICINE ," 837
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committee Female Medical for the College furtherance , with of such list an of institution names , constituting . " We did , not apparentl notice y any , a tttof
medical titles on the listnor do we know wheher he design is enirely non-professional origin ; h , ut we must confess to a decided d priori repugnance t
su for ch the a scheme proposit o f ob , and ject , unle able ss subse charac quen teris t t ics , we icity believe should it would able no to t dives meet with the approbation of those mos of t two qualified to form either a j th ud at gmen of t on the to subject .
t It must regular of necessity and syst aim ema at tic one instruction objects of the : medical studen giving t , or t women hat of furnishing them with Bowdlerized an ' expurgated' edition of Physiology th is M edicin tted e ,
which in which can , as wound in the the ' sensitive modesty ' copy of the Shaksp refined eare female , every . To ing the former it may be objected that it is unsuited t for the t character t of the wh sex ; that the
justl d d tronger i e licac tas y teful p y roud faculties and duties , vpso pr of necessary essionable facto the male mints to suffering Nor them ure do we for humanity cul believe the iva stern ed that , an woman d labor the bes artificial t , , of the erformed rugged ich cultivation we by and the are
s . secondary of of medicine a breed poin of , would masculine ts of benefit difficu women lt the y would patients , _linsexed aris or , as society as i t t w ere at , period large for the . s Moreover p st eci ud al y func at , many ti h ich
the the p female ianofor w te for firs chemistry t to put on , crochet her mal work e men for tal dissec attire tion , ho , w in soon a word to , general ve off education and accomplishments for professional t and practical study .
W " omen Agains half t the edu ca c t ed in obj s e e ntimental we raise fashion a mos , decided with the and omission unqualified of all protest sexual .
perh d or ying ot ap her w s ould in also delica , immeasurabl prudes te mat of ters the y , w overbalance demurest ould be sciolis fashion any t s of . gh t t The savi mos h n arm g t dangerous f sensi done tive to type sick modes , and and ty service of illnesstident
o r hich the i t t mi o gh rs t secure idemics . In the these social virtues , in of he lesser emergencies oblition of should acc be , boldl rtificial y and restrictions purely set to aside great . , works It is a of vul charity garism and of t benevolence he narrowes ga t k To ind those to se who t up
a . attempt their enforcement on mistaken religious grounds , we may oppose the ab authorit undan ative t cleanliness statement ? that Indee in d their it is rig ht y in , the ' my uncleanl tourier y and part shop s have keep more ing tfullest
has ask development class for been of the Eng imported limb l is ish to of s be ocie ; a fowl found t y t be tha and in t true s the the u , ch congenial legs s is vers of sa t i rained d tables , soil that whence are pu in America for m decorum _' Female rife it is ; encased Medicin i correct s in to e
drawers . , _jDerfectioh of " delicacy Let women . under Let leam them the their learn shield womanl both of charity as y nurse duties ox and necessity as p nurses atient to to Let the bear them hi with ghest like infractions degree Una in of
the and witches guarded ' den by , the pass strong unharmed lion of amid purity moral . Let danger them . and give impurity their , aid , follo to their wed mil
countrymen during the perils of war or the fears of epidecs , unblushingy , for ness and which , in or the still their firm less conviction attempt bodily strength to of raise duty themselves . their But organization do not into let poor them and mimics pander the of very to a squeamish profession qualities - , _,
which form their highest charm and , virtue should debar , them . " bushes When but Padd did y , on not a know hunt , whether saw something it was moving a cow or amongst a buck the his
, , and comrade hit if it gel was y advised a buck him We to . fire suspect so as that to miss the if learned it was editor a cow
. who gave the female physicians the above double-barrelled
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" Female Medicine ," 837
" FEMALE MEDICINE , _" 837
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1864, page 337, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011864/page/49/
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