Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-04-18
ELIZABETH BLACKWELL Nm


\ notice has been going The rounds n the
papers Of this young lady having received q
dlPloms from the Geneva Medical Coll.se
and We INV eItract the following sket,b Of
her life ron the National Eta.
Miss u Is twenty eight wear. Of ACE
She wss bori IN The CITY Of BRISTOL. Ens
and Her father soitled with his family In
New York when she was about eleven year.
old. hiter residence there OF FIVE or ak
years, he JAILED "a business, and removed to
Cincinnali few weeks aher ht, arrival
there he died, leaving his widow and nine
ehl'dten 10 very embarrassed rltcumstap-
ceS Elizabeth, the THRU daughter, was
men seventeen years OF age, and assisted
TWO OF oer SISTERS " teaching young Iady's
seminary ~ the joint efforts Of tho elder
culi1tcu, ne younger members OF the family
were suppotieu aDd educated. ant com
Portable %, ~ 80. on Walnut Ir.I was sc
cured Tor the laniy. The property which
In The midstui their difficulties, they had
'he forecast TO purchase, has already QUAD
rupled The ptice which II cost them give
this TACT Tor tho illustration Of character
which 1t affords. The enterprise of these
young LADIES' Is still farther Indicated by the
neat steps vi lch they severally took Anna.
The eldest, some Yeas ago took up her res.
idence "a The city of New York, whore she
has until lately worked at the trade OF peri
odlrhl authorship, French uansla:Ion. and /
composer Emusic She is now In England. |
under an engagement with publisher there /
TO translate the whole of FouueiS works - |
She was selected Tor this task for her very
high ability in French Translation, and the
excellence OF her English Style Another
sister. Emily, is tesrhing a bows school in
Cincinnati, preparing them for 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 Catolina. and two years more
exclusively devoted 10 the study Of medi-
cine in Philadelphia and Geneva, has her
medical diploma 10 her pocket
About five wears ago she first entertained
The idea Of devoling herself to the study Of
medicine. Having taken the resouiionshe
went vigorously to work 10 effect it, She
commenced the study OF Greek, and perse-
vercd until she could read it satisfactorily.
and reviewed her LAln BY devoting three or
iour hOuIs day To it,until she had both suf-
IIrienily for all ordinary aud professional
purposes. French she had taught, and siud.
ed German to crafty her fondness for its
modern literature. The former she speaks
with tlnency, and translates the latter ele-
glnily, aud can manage 10 read Italian prose
pretty well
Early in the spring Of 1915; for the pur.
jose OF maklag the most money in the short.
st time, she set out Tor North Carolina, and
ltler some months teaching French and mu.
VIC, and reading medicine with Dr.. John
Dickson al Ashevile, she removed to
Charleston. Here she taught music alone.
md read industr.ously under the direction !
II Or Samuel II. Dickson, then a resident
II Charleston, and now a professor OF prac-
ice IN the University OF New York. Two
ears ago she came to Philadelphia for The
purpose of pursuing the stulY. That sum
ner, DR. J. NJ Allen, Profess 1r of anatomy,
afforded her excellent opportunities for dis
'ecllOn, IN his private anatomical rooms -
The winter following she attended her first .
oil course Of lectures al Geneva. The next
summer she resi- led at the Blockley Hospl-
OIL, Phi ade|phia, where she had the kindcst c
'uentlons from Doctor Benedict, the ptinci-
pal physician, and the very large range for
observation which It's great variety nd mum ,
'er of cases afford, Last winter she atlen.
led her second course at Geneva, and grad .
ia'ed regularly at the close of the session.
Ter thesis was upon ship fever, which she
lad ample opportunities Tor observing nj .
}lockley. 1t was So ably written that the :
acully OF Geneva determined to give it pub.
lCalun.
It IS in keeping with my idea Of this story
o add that The proceeds of her own indus I
~ have been adequate to the entire expense I
IF her medical educauon-about eight hun
ired dollars.
IN few weeks she viii leave for Paris.
win the design OF remaining there one or
wo years, hoping To obtain still greater ia
rlliues for the further study of her profess
SION than this country affords, especially
n the department of surgery which she has
iid but htlle opportunity 10 see.
She will rriptn when thus purpose is &C
TO practice medicine in all its
branches, and win probably settle IN the
'ity of New York