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DR. ELIZABETH BLACKWELL'S INFIRMARY. 411
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LXXIX.-DK ELIZABETH BLACKWELL'S IN-
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^ A "letter received from Dr. Elizabeth....
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The Daily Increasing Prominence Of The S...
later transfer one at . this Young early women age would of nineteen be less difficult or twenty , in , if some , as ways required , than by at the a
Emigration Societies , of " unexceptionable character , and already trained to domestic service , " are much in demand at home , and . have generally formed ties and friendships which disincline them to leave this country . Whereas
at an earlier " age there are great numbers of young girls , as for instance in . our orphan asylums and other charitable institutions , who are almost friend * lessor whose friends would willingly part with them if they could rely upon
their , being cared for in the new country . ' Children of from ten to fourteen would be easier to control on the way out , and perhaps less expensive than older ones , and their education could
then be completed in the colony to suit its requirements ; they might be able _, to contribute to their own support even before leaving the institution , and naturallinto the society which so much needs their presencewithout
going pass throug y h many of the dangers and difficulties which attend their , emigration at a more advanced age . Such a training school , which should also be the home they can return to
in the intervals of service , and be a register office for all female occupations , might at the same time be made a Reception House for a higher class of females"who would often gladlemigrate if assured of a temporary home
with protection , and guidance , y when they arrive at their destination , and , perhaps even employment , until they can meet with more permanent _^ situations .
Surely some ladies can be found on the spot , to take the needful interest in such an institution and its inmates , whose numbers would be constantly replenished from the mother country .
Li . C . M .
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell's Infirmary. 411
DR . ELIZABETH BLACKWELL ' S INFIRMARY . 411
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^ A "Letter Received From Dr. Elizabeth....
_^ A "letter received from Dr . Elizabeth . Blackwell says : _" This terrible war liolds on and must continue to do soas far as I see
indefinitely . I snail not mind the suffering if slavery , gets killed , in the struggle—meanwhile we begin to suffer from the effects ;
the sources of income for the Infirmary are much diminished . My _lister and I have held several earnest conferences on this state of
_things , and have determined to retrench the expenditure of the Infirmary for the next two years at least . We can cut down about
a fourth , by dismissing one nurse , two students , and several free patients , & c . —and this without much apparent difference in the
annual returns , for the Dispensary is now so well established , that the difficulty is to keep it within bounds .
"I am making a desperate effort this year to finish up the Fairsthey have become a dreadful burden to me , using my time , which
should be given to wider effort , in this unsatisfactory way of the raising circular a small we annual can do without sum . If Fairs we raise in future the , amount and we specified are using in
, _-every effort to do so . "I should very much like to see an English bed established ,
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1862, page 411, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081862/page/51/
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