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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 133
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XXL—NOTICES OF BOOKS. *»
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In And The House Message Of Represen Del...
possesses but 750 , 000 inhabitants , and—according to the same Governor's message from which we have already quoted—by far the
greater portion of the State is a , s yet a wilderness . Surely , if in one of the outlying and sparsely populated districts of the yet youthful
Transatlantic Confederacy such provision is contemplated , in addition to that already in existencefor placing women on a level with
, the other sex in facilities for pursuing _" the higher branches of learning , " the daughters of old England may not unreasonably
claim similar aid from our Legislature .
Notices Of Books. 133
NOTICES OF BOOKS . 133
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y 1 . Ri H g ht tori to cal Labor Pictures . " Walker Retouch " ed and . B Co y ., Mrs Boston . Dall . , Whitfield Author , of 178 " Woman , Strand ' s ,
2 . London A . Practical . Illustration of " _Womarts Might to Zaho _?* . _" By Caroline H . DallAuthor of " Historical Pictures Retouched . " Whitfield , 178 ,
Strand , . Mes . _Dahl is an earnest and eloquent pleader on behalf of her
own sex ; and whether dealing with women of the past or the presentbrings to bear upon the consideration of their characters
and achievements , an impartial spirit of criticism , which neither refuses the award due nor loses sight of the difficulties and obstacles
overcome . In her " Historical Pictures Retouched , " we have studies of Aspasia and Hypatia , and twenty-two or three other
more or less celebrated women of former days , all viewed in this iritwhileunder the title of " The Contributions of Women to
Medical sp ; Science , " we find no less than thirty-seven names of women , recordedthe author in another place telling usthat " since the
beginning ; of history the lives of eighty-nine women , , eminent not only for obstetrical skill , but capable of extended medical practice ,
have been written . " It is to this _xoortion of the book we shall chiefly devote our
attentionfor Mrs . Dall clearly establishes the fact , not only that midwifery , was originally in the hands of women , but that many of its
followers and professors have largely and most usefully contributed to the more general branches of medical instruction and knowledge .
It is then no new thing that we have in this nineteenth century female hysicians duly qualified and legally entitled to write M . D .
after their p name . No new thing , and only noticeable for the fact that the natural and legitimate exercise of the healing art by women
has been unnaturally and illegitimately appropriated by men in all which pertains to the diseases of women and children , until it comes
to exercise be thoug it ht Thirty almost women . a sin , and our cert author ainly tells a sham us e made , for a themselves woman to
. , , eminent in the medical profession in the eighteenth century . Among
them is a namesake of the present Dr . Elizabeth . Blackwell , so well
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1861, page 133, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041861/page/61/
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