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NOTICES OF BOOKS* 351
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A. Letter To Lord John Jtussell. By Mrs....
cognition the advantages of the from princi the ple pre of justice sent outlay and is equali all ty that , but women they accept ask , as for a the rethe
present excuse of poverty . They trust that the future prosperity of the Academy some not will inadequate remove space this cause may , be that reserved in the for desi the gns contingency for the new , that "building in a few
Academy years , may a _Hoyal be ' found Female both School desirable of Art and , under practicable the ausp . " ices of the Hoyal The last extract we sliall make will be on the Medical Education
of Women . " English women are also desirous that certain departments of medical
more science accessible should . be This opened is no to new them idea , and . It is the as me old ans certainl of instruction as the rendered famil lifecoeval with the first dawn of civilisationand , we do y , not see whas y
civilisation , progresseswoman should be more and ; more excluded from what y , for appears to be the her natural , sphere of , if she is to be in any respect the ' help meet
us like man the . ' On Sisters proper of Charity training , and the an order Sisters of of woman Mercy , in who the should Eoman act Catholic among of Church women , I overflowing have spoken with at large in the and following charitybut Essays ill- . trained "We have for abundance the work
but I have a few spoken of this for social want need mercy of , efficient of the state female of , destitution heland the of our revolution hospitals in , , practice and years opinion ago , caused by the expedition of the p lad ; y-nurses to the East in 1855 It is
. a strange , a sorrowful thing—at once painful and exand asperating admiration —to hear , spoken events of which now b then y certain thrilled peop every le , in heart a petty with tone , gratitude of _de-Juite
a spondency failure f , as Is th ' at ( a failure a failure which , you at the know tim !— e save So sad d the to lives think of of thousands ! ' How efficiency of brave men in the ? females Is that emp a failure loyed in which the hosp has itals led from to a one hig end her of standard England of to the other ?
perience devoted character men in , the the , the resp management Is army onsibilitie that surgeons a failure and s , the ? construction rank Is which that and a has failure privileges of raised military which in of public hosp has those itals enlarged e admirable stimation ? If another our and ex the
lie war in should woman come ' s tenderness , and find , us intelli as dep gence lorabl , and y destitute energy , of as all we the once resources were , which will
it be because that experiment was a failure ? or will it be because the funds which and organisation we are told of exist a staff in of the nurses hands , of have respectable not yet been trustees applied for the ? But training it is , not merel
in trained district , but - y visiting as as nurses managers . in civil of rural and ho military spitals , hosp and itals medical that sisters women of mi chari ght be ty
medical " THe men imperative of the hi need ghest of standing female p ; hysicians and if it has be now been opposed acknowledged , it is either by
from some practical difficulties which can be surmountedor from some imaginary surmounted difficulties . Every , one the is result aware of that custom there and are certain prejudice maladies , , which and will trials be
peculiar knows how to one inexpressibl sex . Every y painful wife and it is mother in many , and phases young of suffering sensitive peculiar female , to the feminine and maternal organisation , to consult young inexperienced
rather medical than men consult ; many a young medical women man at have all . suffered In the cruell higher y , and classes some of fatall society y , we have it in our power in such afflictions to call in the confidential family
• p of hysician reputation , who , experience is often the , and famil m y ature friend age , or . to From send for these some how medical often has man a have mother to hear those terrible words , * Had I been called in sooner I could
lower the poor middle saved , who your classes are daughter , who turned cannot . ' over But afford to how the first does juvenile -rat it e attendance faro assistant with the ; more of women tho especiall parish of the y
Notices Of Books* 351
NOTICES OF BOOKS * 351
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1859, page 351, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071859/page/63/
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