Washington telegraph., 1849-05-23
ELIZABETH BLACKWELL, M. L

They in my heart to night.
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ELIZABETH BLACKWELL, M. D.
The public, through the newspapers,
has been pretty generally informed that
this lady was regular student of Geneva
Medical College, and received the diplo-
ma of that institution at Its last Com
mencement. AS she is the first medical
doctor of her. sex in the United States,
the case is, naturally enough, one of those
questionable matters upon which there
must be variety of opinions, and the
public sentiment is, besides, Influenced
by the partial and inaccurate statements
of facts and conjectures which usually
supply the place of correct information.
Miss B. is % years of age. She was
born in the city of Bristol, England Her
father settled with his family i'll New
York when she was about II years old.
After a residence there of FIVE of six years
he failed in business, and moved 10 Gin
cinnati A few weeks after his arrival
there he died, leaving his widow and
nine children in very embarrassed circum-
stances. Elizabeth, the third daughter,
was then. II, and assisted two of her
sisters in, teaching young lady's SEM
mary. BY the joint efforts of the elder
children, the younger members of the
family were supported and educated, and
a comfortable homestead on Walnut Hill
was secured for the family. The pro-
perty which, in the midst of their first
difficulties, they had the forecast to pur-
chase, has already quadrubIed the price
which it cost them. / give this fact for
the illustration of character which it af-
fords.
The enterprise of these young ladies
is still further indicated by the next steps
which they severaly took. Anne. the
eldest, some years ago took up her resi-
dence in the city Of New York, where
she has until lately worked at the trade
of periodical authorship, French transla-
ton, and composer OF music. She is
now in England, under an engagement
with a publisher there to. translate the
whole of Fourrier's " orks. She was
selected for this task for her very high
ability in French translation, and the ex-
cellence of her English style. Another
sister, Emily, is teaching a boys school
i'll Cincinnati, preparing them tor college
in the departments of Mathematics and
the classic languages, And Elizabeth,
after two or three years hard labor and
study in North and South. Carolina. and
two years more exclusively devoted to
the study Of medicine, in Philadelphia
and Geaeva, has her medical, diploma in
her pocket.
About five years ago she first enter
tanned the idea of devotiug herself TO the
study of medicine. Having taken the
resolution, she went vigorously TO work
to effect it. She commenced the study
of Greek. and persevered until she could
read it satisfactorily. and revived her
Latin by devoting three or four hours
day to it, until she had both sufficiently
for all ordinary and professional purposes.
French she had taught, and studied Ger
man to crafty her fondness for its modern
literature. The former she speaks with
fuency, and translates the latter elegant
ly, and can manage to, read. it well
TEMPTA AmoN-That temptation which
at first but a little cloud, as big as mans
hand, may quickly overspread the whole
heaven. Our engagement in sin is the
motion of a, stone down HILL 'it strength
ems itself by going" and the longer it
runs, nhe more violently. Beware of
the smallest beginnings of temptation.
No wise man will neglect or slight the
smallest spark of fire, especially If he sees
it among barrels of gunpowder. You
carry gunpowder about you-O, take
heed of sparks.-Elauel.
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Pray Doctor, what is horoscope?
Why, madam you. perceive, that when
the nocturnal hour has. So far procrasti-
mated, by superabundant application. of
the abganeous, acidnlops, pepperine, mus
tardific, components, of crustaceo,
piscatory Said, and its veneous and
alchoholi: accidents, that an undue ex-
pansion of the stomach integnments en-
sues, which in the course of its constipat-
ing influence stigmatises the celebra func-
tions, confuses the nervo-optic system,
and gives a scope to the horrors.