The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-12
THE MEDICAL RUMPUs.

The disturbance on last Saturday growing out Of
the attendance OF female students at the clinic held
at the Pennsylvana Hospital, has excited an unusual
degree OF comment, and the male students have been
very severely censured for their conduct that
cason. III is TO hoped that the discussion thus eX-
cited will result in such arrangement as win give
the female students all necessary facilities for OBJ
tanning all the knowledge they may desire, and at
the same time obviate any difcnlty and unpleasant
ness in the future, by the mingng OF both sexes at
the diculty OF last Saturday has been handed TO us
for publication, and we cheerfully invite the atten
on Of our readers to i, as fair statement OF the
male students side Of tile question =
1 IKE &c ESr @ q hS hEM MeSds s at the clinic Of
the presence OF Eemale students has been o.
the previous Wednesday, students we're notified by
Ssear eases eh could no be rog Spg aS Seore them
again on account of Tho anticipated presence Of
medical department mt OF Philadelphia being represented
ticed the language the iectrors incompatible with
prSPeE enlG@ m During the clinic there was
passed unnotced, but whlch rendered. noticeable
Of the clinic the students asobled each side OF the
walk but by no plan and on the approach
indicative of their disspprobation, but no vulgar cpl
had passed from the grounds tho stpdents had
street. TO return to the lectures of their respective col
eges There no Disgusting the fact that the conduct Of
warrant the severe language and criticism OF certain
thorough study Of medicine cannot be obtained
when certain excluded from observation AZ is
in it's remarks ON this subject informs us that the female
students have college and endowed hospital in the
northwestern portion OF the city The question arises
why if they have these Advantages do they interrupt
in studiesy We not allowed to attend their hos
pitfalls, do desire to. The clinics of the Pennsy
vania Hospital do not ft them m the branch of medicine
which they supposed particularly 10 practice Certain
of tn city papers to take delight abusing
conduct without reviewing the facts of the
fairly and dispassionacly They of long prac
tce in the art of insulting ladies' and heap Cphote
which VIC will not take the trouble TO refute.
We have authority for stating that with but
on, all Of the and physicians of the Peunsyya
MIA Hospital of opinion that the clinics should be bat
for male students, if insist witnessing all that
is brought before the clinics, that the should
appoint special time for their inntrucon We
mot imagine why ladies should delight in witnessing
the different brought before these clinics, parcu
larry those of surgery for what good the witnessing
the operations of Perneal Section of Iihotomy dc
them! Do they ever intend to practice anything Of the
kindY
The injury done the medical colleges by of the
papers OF this city, in their late upusabe assaults
hardly be overestmaed The old University, which fol
hundred has been the of medical educa
tion IN this country sore feels the injustice OF suct
attacks on her rrustees, Faculty, and students.
University, Nov. II, 1869.
| CHARLES NJ HARRIS, No. 17lb Locust street
X II. JOHNSON, No 727 Pine street.
r. W. JAMESON, Urthopadic Hospital.
| j. Ii. q. SHINES, No. 20B3 Chesnut street.
| j. 81 WALKER No. 1882 Spruce street.
| /. STARR, No. 424 South Broad street.
| T.. JORDAN, No 1913 Arch street.
| And many Others