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XXV.—OPEN COUNCIL.
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_ 4. . To the ^Editors of tJie English W...
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Xxv.—Open Council.
XXV . —OPEN COUNCIL . ( As these pages themselves are intended responsible for general for the discussion opinions , expressed the Editors . ) do not hold _,
_ 4. . To The ^Editors Of Tjie English W...
_ 4 . . To the _^ Editors of _tJie English Woman ' s Journal . Female Physicians .
Ladies As I , havebword and deedduring my whole professional life aided In energetic promotin worker g , the s y look communion as one of , lab of or the , which great many problems thoug of htful modern minds society and
y female devel ou will sex , I , trust not of , the onl ; give y to hases me upon adorn credit of hum and for an embellish hearty existence confidence , but still more the q to ualities foster and the _,,
of I skilled heartil op many female y desire labor to p see which realized are com all those atible su with ggestions . the natural for the and emp inherent loyment p
old character or widel young of the , I the believe sex means , and that I of rejoice we exertin at g all every her co- new influence operat attemp e to more t assist to open beneficiall in this to woman y and an- , .
more y . may exp if sion they of woman are not ' s consonant responsibilities with those and work laws . of But our we physical shall fail and in moral our attemp nature ts basis which alone ethical
which structur e can the be necessar raised that y shall upon not prove the mere any " baseless or fabric political of a
power vision As . a s " and physician capab , ilitie I hav s of e wom many en opportunities of all classes . of I forming value their an estimat aid in e disease of the ; .
female I appreciate Led i aide nto -de re the q -cam uisition high the b qualities y nurse the p or h of ysic nursin hear ian t in and Mend the mind . suffering I hav which e female spent are , much constantl or in time the y -
In feelin endeavoring assured from to de p , v experience elop our nursing , and from staff g reasoning as a great that national so far sanitary as medicine agent , - g
Is concerned woman ' s sphere lies there , as certainly and distinctly as it is certa After in and this distinct preface that nursin will erhap g is not s kindl man ' s sp erm here it . to offer to ourselves
and the readers of the you English p Woman ' s y Joubnai p * a few remarks y necesarilunfavorable to the view that it is desirable to educate women as
Physisy cians female . labor I wish to do alo so gous because fields , I am that certain if a that seri there ous attem is great pt is scop made e for to tion of femaldoctorsthromoters will fritter
found time a colle wor ge k for and the money educa which might e be better , e p loyed , only to come t away de o W termining the hen con a , c youn lusion the g , choice u man ltimate selec : l the y ts th first a at p their rofession is his endeavor own , there aptitude s hav are e , tw t been he o main second futile elem . e fitness nts In
consider aspects of the . sph the First ere question in , t o w to hic fema of h hi l female es s p rofe ing s p sion h suit ysic e d ian to s throw ta under ke u him pon th . them t Let wo se me l corres ves ask th p e ondin y ou ies to g
th of a m service edical s ma ; second be claimed , as to . the existence and nature of the field in which _, Firstcan you y make a female a physician ? It is certain that individual
females gone throug , , endowed h the entire with p career eculiar of ener a medical gy and de student termi , and tion after , have achieving successfu the lly doctorate have obtained certain amount of ublic fidenc
as that honours practitioners it should of the onl . It y devel is not op , however idiosyncrasies , intended a , but by that the promoters a new sp p here of the con of activity scheme e
Can and work it be shoul maintained d be opened that to a large females body are of women suited for of the the hi land gher of classes stud .. ient doctor young ? it be maintained that when hav y
required of the incipCan they e
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1862, page 138, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041862/page/66/
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