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332 FEMALE MEDICAL COLLEGE AT PENNSYLVAN...
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It Attendance Appears, Upon From The The...
tensified niust it become in the minds of conscientious teachers . amid . ¦ '"With the solemnities -the interests of an of a occasion great movement like the present for humanit ! in
y , some measure , intrusted to your _keeping-, you leave your alma and mater still to- h day aving : with 1 to contend all your with womanl som y e sensibilities difficulties peculiar about you to a _,
new position , you go forth : with the eye of severe criticism upon youand destined to bear in your daily duties the deep
responsibilit , y of the health or sickness , the life or death of others , you commence your active career ; and no one in the
least qualified for the great trust involved in the profession of your choicecan assume iteven after long years of careful
_study , without , diffidence and , a solemn consecration of her best powers to the duties it involves .
"But , ladies , although you may have to contend with some _embarrassmentsand the remnants of old prejudicesmany of
the difficulties that , sixteen years ago encountered , the first woman in this country who graduated as a regular physician ,
have been removed . " The footsteps of pioneers already have demonstrated that
the path you are entering * may lead to success ; and the ' natural - ' obstacles' that the doubter or scoffer saw impassable as Bunyan ' s
guarded lions in road the way and , h unable ave proved to stay , like the them traveller , to ' be s course outside . of the
" Despite of , opposition , we think it may be truly said , that public sentiment in this country already decides that w onaan ,
in studying the science , and practising- the art of Medicine , is not stepping outside of her fitting placebut only extending the
range of her culture and activity , in correspondence , with the needs of society , and with the instincts and powers of her own
nature . "As steadilwith the progress and refinement of
communities , she has y , occupied a more important position , as her cooperation in religious , philanthropic , and educational
movements , and in literature and art is acknowledged to contribute the to the intuitions general advancement observations , so sympathies it is felt that and in medicine knowledge also of ,
educated and true , women must , enlarge the , common possessions of the _jorofessionas well as give scope and enjoyment to the
individuals engaged , . " Whatever of professional opposition may still exist , our
own experience leads us to believe that few physicians whose jud consultation gment you because would greatl are y value women , will and decline also to that meet some you will in
_rience be found in their ready own to ask diffi you for cult the cases benefit . of , your insi , ght and expe- .
332 Female Medical College At Pennsylvan...
332 FEMALE MEDICAL COLLEGE AT PENNSYLVANIA .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1864, page 332, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071864/page/44/
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