New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-17
Womnu's College Of Physicians and Sur
seens-Opening Lecture Of the Session.


The opening lecture of the session Of 1866
Of the wunan's College u Physicians andtSnrgeons,
INJECTED with the New York Dispcnsary aud Hospital
for Women and Children vus, delivered INST rvemne ey
hfrs. T.. =. L0zer. II. d. III the lecture loom oi inc
Dispcnsary, No go West Twenty.sfth ST Aboat one
hundred ladies' aud gentlemen were u atfndance'
The Rev. Mr. Street offered prayer ami niY"ne Des'
Ing on their undertaking. after which Mrs. D. T. Ncr
commenced ler Lecture hy exteaiiny e"rdai Nei'
come to the students Of the instrution AM hak
ing the kind friends and pdtrous WHO abo Cd l1f tte
success u tho establishment me cshse IN W.cn ,ne5
wore interested embraced the welfare 81 tho entire race
TIE widespread bearings and c1nsegGences Vi uc us
eases peouiai 10 women aud oludich hne mhge tne
establishment o. the WomeG's toi4ge of fiypeiais
ara surgeons mater oi imperative htcea-
,ity. TIE urgent call Tor professional women 10
act Is physicians IN midwifery sahA in'"
comparative insi-nifc cameo waen considered
with the demand arising from these condition. lbcfc
had ready access 10 the h,dden causes ~
disease ard nj m.fouNcd bI'hiisit TO tie TIE o
"hsudmaid of nature and physician 10 her sex me
jccacy Of the relton between the sexes Is such that
Il is IN pndcnisbe faet that thousands III our own
midst perish far lack Of fitting medical aid The male
practitioner cannot make that nice Investigation into
he and tue causes Of these peculiar diseases
which is essential to success. The best physicians OF
our day acknowledge this fact and bid the movement
God-speed 1t is TO be admitted that when the move
ment FOR the medical education OF women was IN It's
infancy information had to be drawn from whatever
source II conld; but now that women physicians are
numerous and there are TO be found those aDundahy
qualified TO teach their sex why should instruction pe
that for time the female wards OF our large paOc
Hospitals such as Bellevue. are likely TO continue I'M
der the management Of men. and that clinical nstruc
tion will be there given by them, while the invald IN
mates subjected 10 the gaze and close inspection
Of male students; but this state OF things
must soon be remedied by women coming
Woman will soon correct this evil Sixteen years ago
but had graduated and entered the practice
Of medicine. There are now about 300 many OF whom
have gained highly honorable and remunerative prac
nd larpe numbpfe
the profession Now the practice is honorable; then
QuestioDahy SO. Now the public the pulpit and the
press are clearly pronounced in favor OF II. Legsla
lures charter and oster Colleges for it, Courts
ton and protect it, Then IL was an experiment. now
il is success II ten thousand women physicians were
to-day in practice in this country there would be room
for as many TO educate and care for their sex
Our pubic charities prisons AID insane asylums heeu
them in the capacity of physicians 10 their ieinaie
wards. Onr female educational institutions nsea .nean
as Professors Of Physiology and Hygiene, and Matron
PHYSICIANS The demand is too great 10 be suppneu
for years to come Already women are appointed e1
amnng physicians 10 some Of our first Life insurance
Companios Recently the Professorslp Of Physiology
and hygiene in the Nassar College at Poughkeelse
was given 10 Miss DR.. Avery. As hed Tor renuhsf-
ative employment this offers ndueeinent superior 10
other Ii is right that women should receive cquh
COMPENSATION with men for equal services rendered
The dute. Of the physician are arduous the prepara
ton for them requires time talent and means and 70
calling ought to or does pay women better than ths
II may be objected that women will be called from the
duties of wife and mother; but, according " our stats
ties, how many unmarried women and widows offered
prospect Of proper maintenance would be glad TO en-
ter this work. winch bas the blessing OF Heaven the
approval OF man and which an angel might truly coyet
Mrs Lozier then alluded 70 the dsputationa Of the
various schools Of medicine. aud woman's
Physiological Ignorance of herself To this
latter attributable leg folly and unreasona-
bleness in dress Nothing was needed bat endowment
TO renk this institution OF the scientific and phi
anthropic of the day To this end the trustees submit
the following plan: 600 shall procure q scholarship 10
extend through two full courses Of lectures, $1,000
shall endow q proessorshp, and eJ0 900 shall erdow
the College which has by law the right 20 hold prop
ery the amount OF sl 900 aIn conclusion she stated
that the eot1res Of the session win be commenced