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2 FEMALE PHYSICIANS.
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* Sympa Women Thy Always With Suffering ...
ranee on the part of the patient and mystery on the part of the p intelli hysician gent will medical recede men together are iving ; and proof alread of a y hi some her regard of the for most the
welfare of society than for the g interests of the g profession , as it is / obvious that the more there is accomplished in the preservation of
individual and public health the less will be the demand for the services of the physician—the more of nature , the less of art .
Among the eminent pioneers in this reform is Dr . Jacob Bigelow , of Boston , who has written ably in favour of rational medicine and
a reliance upon nature in the cure of disease . "It is , " says he , profession " the part in of regard rational to medicine the true to powers enlighten of the the healing public art and . The the
community require to be undeceived and re-educated , so far as to know what is true and trustworthy from what is gratuitous ,
unfounded with confidence , and fallacious , self-approval . And the , and profession success , themselves in proportion will proceed as they
shall have informed mankind on these important subjects . The * exaggerated impressions now prevalent in the world in regard ta
the powers of medicine serve only to keep the profession and the number public in of a candidates false position strugg , to ling encourage for emp imposture loyment , to to augment burden and the
disappoint the community already overtaxed , to lower , the standard of professional character , and raise empirics to the level of honest
medical and In enli Eng g learning htened land , Sir ph and ysicians John influence Forbes . " has in this given direction the wei . ght In of an his article great
publishe " to direct d as redoubled long ago attention as 1846 to , he h enj iene oined public it upon and the private profession with
the view of preventing diseases on yg the large , scale , and individuall , y in our own sphere of practice . Here the surest and most glorious
inculcate triumphs of generall medical y a science milder are and achieving less energetic and to mode be achieved of practice . To ,
both in acute and chronic diseases . To make every effort , not merelto destroy the prevalent system of giving a vast quantity
y and variety of unnecessary and useless drugs—to say the least of them—but to encourage extreme simplicity in the prescription of
medicines that seem to be requisite . To place in a more prominent point termed of the view hysiolog the great ical value hienic and or importance natural system of what of may curing be "
diseases , especiall p y chronic , yg diseases , , in contradistinction to the pharmaceutical or empirical drug plan generally prevalent . To
cines of endeavor treatment , with to a enli view To ghten teach to reconciling the them public the them great as to to importance the simp actual ler and powers of milder having of medi p their lans - _*
. diseases treated in their earliest stages , in order to obtain a speedy and efficient cureandby some modification in the relations
between the patient ; and , practitioner , to encourage and facilitate
this early application for relief . "
2 Female Physicians.
2 FEMALE PHYSICIANS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1862, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031862/page/2/
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