Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1849-04-27

In the lasl two or three years. she has soli.iI.
ed perhaps fifty medical men. and AT least a doz.
en- medical schnnls lor lhePrvilrgeof studying
the profession. and was refused by all except
those which have mentioned. heard her
say that she had found in the Union four medi-
cal schools willing to admit black men. and only
Two that would extend The same courtesy towhiIr
women. have seen her often after her sue
cessve rerulsrs. bur in no instance heard
word of Complaint or rrproach. or observed the
slightest indication of detection. Her conclu.
sion always vas. 18th, r. is some place 10 the
world for me. and l'llfnd IT," Thereare doubt.
less other physicians. and perhaps other schools.
that would have received her, but she always
took the first acceptable grant, and Instantly
avaIled herself Of il, with an industry and
prompiiiude that never saw matched. The
fact is, that the faith in which she lives and
works has the tone aud all the force Of religious
confidence. The secret Of her efficiency and
her success is m that patience which rests upon
the Divine Providence. Her construction Of the
resistance which she was constantly encounter
ing was always kinder and perhaps truer than
any friend would allow or any opponent could
/ fairly ask.
| She enteuains no particular respect for the
science Of medicine, and disavows any natural
taste for its pursuit; and the incidents Of the stu.
+ dy believe are as repugnant 20 her as TO any
sensible woman who would shudder at the
thought OF them. But she differs in the mauer
Of nerves from those who shudder at anything
which comes in the shape Of duty and noble
enterprise. She devoted herself to her novel
undertaking at Iwenly.hree years Of age, be.
cause she had then worked herself into the spir-
it of victory, and the tone Of an earnest life
that could not be smoihcred in her m rely per.
sonal interests. Heroes are not made Of the
metal that is liable TO rust.
! In person, she is every way rather below the
middle size. Her weight is certainly less than
10, but her muscular vigor is perfectly prodi.
gous. She is never i'll, knows nothing OI pain,
and is almost incapable Of fatigue.
Will she succeed Those who, knowing her,
do not know lhnt now, are jus, the kind Of &c.
muses. who will not know the fact when il is
fulfilled before their eyes.
After her return from Geneva this spring. ha.
wing tho desire TO hear our most distinguished
medical teachers, she was cordially invited by
several of them. In the presence of these large
classes, she heard Drs. Jackson, Chapman, Hor.
ner, Gibson. and Rodgers. of the University OF
+ Pennsylvania; and she also heard Drs, Dun.
: glcssun aud Nuucr, of the Jefferson School. and
DR.. williamson, Of The Homeopathic COLLEGE.
DR.. Wood of the University, refused. C0nser.
VaSm came very near TO cavIng in completely,
but Il little IIunkprism saved il from n general
crash. The Professors of the Geneva College,
lirurn, have 10 suiEru Iiue from few Of The
old lread.miI regulars, but they are manly
enough to pay the price Of their own indepen'
dcncr without any henrl breaking. What an
orderly thing established order is; and what
respectable thing responsibility is; and more'
over what an interesting thing professional IN
Iercsl isl
A few Of the sucking Gulens who loaled up
on the University benches, thought. looked a
lule awful at tine sight of u womnn-noI expo.
sed upon the surgeons lnbIe or hacked to pieces
in the dissecling room, but siuing for all the
world like Doctor Of Medicine On the platform
with the Lecturer. They had my sympalhies.
reilly piIied them. Think Of u rowdy medi.
caI student obieclng to anything on earth on
account of It's indeIicacyl 1t is their mIsnppre'
henslon that physician must be more or less OF
u blackguard. The question Of proprlely and
delicary had better not be raised-n will thin
the ranks Of the male practitioners when II
comes up. Women will decide whether they
must forever remain only sufferers aud subjects
Of medical indelicacy, il they ure once waken'
cd up 10 the discussion.
No one knows better, no one feels more The
improperly of woman studying medicine u
mOng crowd of students, than Miss Blackwe;
and when she cun remove the necessity. she Ill
do it. There is some sort of relief for Oblec'
tors in that; aud il il affords them any comfort,
they may quit whimperng.
Bul MISS Blackwell must not be made respon'
sible for my feelings about the manner OF treat.
ing this mater. Her own are in many respects
very different. She was generously invited BY
the medical cluss OF Geneva 10 come among
them. In one of tho resolutions which they
forwarded 10 her, they pledged themselves to do
every thing in their power To make her attend
ance agreeable 10 her. For Two winters she IrI'
I'd them, aud acknowledges that, in letter aud
spirit they kept their promise nohIy. u was
next 10 impossible that they should do otherwise
but they did do all thai was possible To relieve
: her from The d,Hgreeabes OF tho course; and
one OF The Professors has declared that the Col
egG could better afford To pay such IL woman Il:
Miss b. Tor attending, than 10 do without The
Wholesome influence Of her presence in the lee
' lure.room.
: Thus lar the whole affair rjusrifes itself, anl
, the fIIura can also luke care Of itself.
=. no conclusion Of the whole matter, think
is just this: the suljccl is no Ingtra question
! bu, fact. Miss b. isl worker. JuN 50 far IL
y people ara workers, they aro omnip"'enI, ever,
one ol them; they need very lrle help, nm
c cunaol DO much hinderrd by anybody. She
= Que OF those who cannot be hedged up, or turn
u cd aside, ur defeated, She will noISlop To com
y plain ur wrange about proprleIes with peopI
tha. never do anything, either rlgh' or WRONG
!, aud she won't fret. She is woman, not {
d words. but Of deeds; aud those who only wal
l. TO talk about ii, may us we'll giveh up. Wllha
l. her purposes is higher pitched, her aim is broac
= er, her idea deeper, Than appears 10 those VIII
~ look only nj surfaces, and worry themselves viii