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philadelphia Nov 81 Correspondence new YORK
Tribune
The lecture room of the old Pennsylvania
Hospital was the scene of novel exhibition
on SATURDAY, morning last. The managers
having opened the doors for the admission
Of female medical students to the clinical
lectures delivered there. had thespleasQre
OF seeing, for the frrtg gime in fAS history
of tho institution, about thirty sst11ents
from the Women's Medical Collage seated
in tie little theatre where the ''clinica" are
hcl,l Three or four hdndred male stu.
dents from tho other medical colleges Of
the NY were ikewSaE Ussent, rs it wrs
the ,sgalars lecture morning From one of
the upper benches I Observed that the cir
eular form Of the apartments and the rising
tiers 81 seats placed @th6 women in full
view rs they sat in body on one side,
Two or three Of the managers, members
tho little stage 1 Ay@nlgS Ma1 en-:
Friends, 1ars, 'a' a soft sfs nssb1H DUO solsmn,
ness of conntenance wkick betokened that
they were not to be diverted from q puT-
pose by triflcs. They were dressed In,
black, and wore their broad. .brimmed hats
ls AZ ssT Gi1oa' tssa the the
mSf HtfemseNF8 $e43ly the cry of
:. !. .sSs 1,4t,." waH1hileS fsS Few students,
ana soon i hujatlfea 164dGs Viok it up. They
decidedly wished the elderly gentlemen to
be uncovered; but it is known that Friends
sgs MI bsts sa'S a..
This harmless custom, originating in an
.,,,ro!est, has tie sanaibn Iof kTp hq1dred
oil nn}o 10
might have passed over had these yohng
men been better read or better. bred, But
( fAey kept np the cry whila sofsmhly ahd ST.
lcntly the managers sat, not in the least dis
concerted by the clamor. Presently one Of
door opening ffiohhf ihe;pfatform Is an in
ncr apartment. The shouts were renewed;
and, Us though patience were no longer
!: yirue., the yManpger tQrnedpna faced tha
assembly There was nothing brow.beata
ing in his look, nothing choleric in his
visase, nothiag,9ssy in, lis glance, IT was
calm. 'reproving eye with which this disei. 4
pie of Penn regarded the students, but it
tsn5 e. s Sfs W iaa tu'SSss Tnsy tnHs Would
not smoke the pipe Of peace, but still
screamed "Hat, hat. The entrance of the
Iecturerat this psint tdiyerted sttent
jmposad fle4ce.s H4ang IL fi1sts hour
ntesIica cassasweie lkJn1sd kporG solely,
es sta & aPds ses. eas ss
sun-stroko and dropsy, illustrated by their
victims, claimed the general ear. Then f0le n
lowed the surgeons hour, in which helhad
to do with the brain Of q murdered man.
With skiliful .alssc1ity, the dissection was
completed, sho wing by the ciot of blood,
and the lack Of disease, that death had
been by violence. The lady students were
then edited by sight Of the pineal gland,
'uhe.nlleeed saat of. the'soul! The remains
81 the cerebral oyggan being dismissed. the
assistants brought forward a man with
: broloenthigh. This. wesJ . pa{tidulasly in.
trirei bone had refused 10 hnite.S TIE poor
fellow was placed reepmbent, on the fevolv- |
ing couch, and the young doctors proceed7
cd to pull off hisbeotsi iiiAt this, a quick,
low standing, like growl Of. dissent, ran
round the benches But "Of, of, ye lend
ings,' was the rule,t and speedily the natu-
1ssl, unsartorial man lay before us. The
doctor had, however, prepAfed 4 blanket
/ for tho nonce with which the patient was
draped. But in this chamber the surgeon !
means business; and, at times, the decor
ous conventions must sshriyel up before the |
needs Of science and humanity, In this |
case, While measuring the: IfacUufeo' nmD, |
.hera was nomentary. exposure, which
proved the signal for an explo-
sion among the students mock applause,
clappine, stamping, and shouts Of laugh
ter, mingled with hisses. and jeers, in ono |
wilduproar. The eyes Of half THE audience |
were ON the lady students, who, sat calm
aud unruffled under. this brutal treatment,
their looks riveted on the lecturer, as if
utterly oblivious of aught else that was
ttanspiring. After this shameful evidence i
OF low breeding ont the part Of the students,
it was hot surprising that when the classes
were dismissed number of them were
ready to heap indignities upon the ladies
as they passed out. So, crowding the side |
walks, they compelled them To- take the
cartway as they crossed the hospital
grounds, and we're unsparing in their jeers |
and derisive applause. Whether mixed
ciosses at clinical lectures are desirable may
be questioned, they may be embarrassing |
to the lecturer and impair his thorough
ness; but this doubts no mitigation Of the
dissraceful and unmanly conduct of tho
male Students which thoroughly deserves
exposure : : - r ~,