New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-13
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MRS. DIR. JANE COTHRAN.

In nv rambles through Anite. had Tle
agreeable good fortune OF making the ac-
Q,laintancc of one. who perhaps. OH account
Of her present retirement, and professional
history, deserves passing notice before she
dies. While now, the increasing number OF
professional females demands someattentlon
daily we consider 1t not amiss here TO make
story of honest endcavor, brilliant success,
disappointment, and the thousand reverses
which retar d the progrcss Of women in the
medical profession. 3D. rf, a.
Mrs., Doctor Jane Cothran was born IN
Newbliss. Ireland, on the second of March.
1900 Her father, Doctor James Mcguire,
was very eminent in his profession, and
founded an intrmary in Newbliss, County
Monaghan, Ireland. in 1903, where Jane
COthran was born and passed her early life.
learning by precept and example. that IN
sight into diseases of chronic nature.
which distinguished her in after life. No
one, in those days conceived the idea OF
Opcning the halls of universities TO females.
and 80 Jane Cothran learned the healing art
because she loved It, and because rs she
informed me- abe had a tact for it,
Until after the death Of her husband Mrs.
COthran remained At her studies. and did
not appear publicly az professional wO-
man. except in doing charitable acts about
the neighbOrhOOd in which she lived. We
forgot to state above, that she came to the
United States after her marriage and finally
settled down in Perry county, Alabama
She was now widew and IN debt, and en-
tircly dependant on her own resources for "a
livelihood: but she met the trial firmly. and
triumphed. Soon her successful treatment
Of chronic diseases gave her reputation by
no means confined 10 the county or State.
Far and near. spread instances Of her Won
derful cures. her nirnary was always full,
scrofula and cancer readily yielded to her
potent remedies, till at last her fame
reached Washington. The faculty there
through its agent. DIR. Gum, proposed to
purchase the iecipes Of Mrs. Cochran for
a cOnsid Grafton of ten thousand dollars
After much careful Weighing Of the matter,
she declined on account of the extreme
youth Of her sOn. iniO whose ear she already
began to insti Ter wonderful secrets
and fully aware, that should she publish
her mode of treatment, his prospects would
he ruined, she heorcally declined the offer.
and earned her daily bread. For herself
she had NO fears-her Only sOlicitude was
her sOn-he alone should, if he thought pro-
per, make the trea tment universal, but I'M
til his prospects were well secured she de-
termined to work and wait. Her labors
were sometimes rewarded, but in great
many instances she received no eOlrpcnsa-
ton whatever, from the fact that there was
difficulty, if not an absolute ilnpOssibility, in
procuring medical license. People were
then Indifferent to any movement for the adj
vancement Of womsn, until ut last through
the efforts Of d.. Talbot, President Of
Harvard College. her claims were presented
to the State Legs allure, and as % cOnse
Quence the following act was passed
No. 269.-An act for the relief of Jane
Cothran, of the county of Perry:
SECTION /. BE it enacted by the Senate
and House OF Representatives. of the State
of Alabama, in General Assembly convened,
That from and after the passage of this act
Jane COthran. of he county of Perry and
State Of Alabama, be, and she is hereby au-
thOrized to make contracts and collect by
law all such sum T sums as may be agreed
upOn between her md any party or parties
with whom she may contract, for the cure Of
cancers, scr0fula, md all chronic diseases.
This act was vetoed by Governor Winston,
and again passed by the constitutional ma
iority, January q L '56. about six wears after
| the faculty at Washington had instructed
| its agent, DIR. Gum, to submit their prOpO-
| sitiOn.
| From that time forward Mrs. Cothran's
practice rapidly increased. both in extent
and success. Her ,On. the present DIR. D. w.
| COthran, of Amitc. was then undergoing in
structiOn under the Faculty in New Or
leans. and graduated with the highest
honors in 1859. lie is young man of great
promise and decided ability. and has
founded an infirnary which can not fail to
be great success His success as sur
geOn in the Contderacy attracted the at
tentiOn of his elder and more experienced
colleagues. and g,ined for him the conf
dence Of every Om.
Mrs Cothran still continues to act in con-
| cert with her son. and her vast experience.
coupled with his ,wn personal knowledge
and careful study. will. 10 doubt make
him one of the nDst eminent physicians OF
| his time. His mther's line OF practice is
one of the most useful, because the most
difficult and profound in the whole range OF
medicine-the DISEASES of the blood, and its
train Of attendant evils-scrOfula, kings
evil. chronic liberation. and all eruptiOns
which disfigure and PROSTATE humanity
These she has never failed to speedily and
| effectually cure.
| The next time we call. she promises ia
show us her blood pills. which. she says.
act only on the bbod, and promises to send
us home with god appetite. and plump,
rosy cheeks. ....a H. L.