The New York herald., 1873-10-14

THEY MAY COMMIT MURDER;
and are simply informed that II they do so they
may expect such and such disadvantages and shall
never never attain In Russia any OF the legitimate
PROFESSIONAL AMBITION.
. Tne aspects OF the question before us, ~ resumed
the Professor. with that quaint and not unpleasant
BILE in distinguished foreign scholars who have
partly acquired their proficiency I'm the English
the question before US are various and important
do not hesitate to declare my conviction that the
the present tme Il IS what s te sf1S French cali IN
t9as Language which Is above all Others made up
a FACILITATING QUESTION:
"The university or Zurich was for some time the
only medical school In Europe which received
Students but think INA may venture r 70 con con-
gratulate myself upon having had some share in
wards women In some other universities which
are now open to them.
University and colleges OF Edinburgh began to con-
slider the method OF admitting women to study
eminent surgeon and lecturer Of that
city, addressed me q list OF questions on
REApERs or THE Sxw YORK YORK HERALD. w
"These are the questions put to me BY my worthy
-" a. % Do the female students % e Of zurich average
/ greater age or more advanced time OF Life than
the male students OF medicinef
| s2. DO the women dissect In the same apartment
| with the menY
s'3. Do the women dissect the male as well as the
"a DO the women attend the same lectures In the
faculty OF medicine and all the anatomical 70 lee Lectures
manner rs male students dor
"5. DO the women dissect a. well or better than
SO Are they, on the whole, more attentives
81. Have any difficulties arisen IN consequence OF
the two sexes pursuing their studies together
"8. Are the male students improved In their
habits OF application to study and diligence by
their association with female studentsf
20. DO women dissectors require az much or
| more supertntendence than men
| '10. Have you any separate h0ur or place OF
| meeting for women studentss
~ answered these ten questions" said Professor
| Meyer, "after consultation with my colleagues, IN
manner generally favorable 70 the women. my
nianKness TO say tnst he na1 adopted my views Oh
the medical education OF women. viii show you
| his letter and y0u may read it,
! Professor Meyer then took rom drawer OF his
| study packet containing his correspondence with
the famous Scotch surgeon and placed It In my
| to both OF them. could not read without emotion
| and higher opinion OF mankind the letters that
these two illustrtOus surgeons had penned to each
| other with such care and PAINS and which one OF
| them preserved SO reverently. felt hearty ad-
miration for the anxious and patient thought they
had both given to subject which concerns almost
one-half or the human species, and which can only
be treated with levity or contempt by fools and
"Well." resumed Professor Meyer, 'my friend
| Handysiden-(he never mentioned the great Scotch
| surgeon in any other manner, and thought IL o
| fine title to be called good mans frend)-"my
Hndaae na his navGa a. to the
! upon the Information had supplied began Dy ad-
mittmg six women as dissectng and lecture stu.
dents for the session OF 1871 and three more ladies
Immediately afterwards applied Tor admission to
their classes.
| rated and confirmed my own. ON the very frst
day OF the session in whch the Scotch doctors
| had agreed to admit female students to their
schools he set two women 70 dlssect the female
perin@um, and tour others to dissect the extrem-
same san apartment with the male students, and their
lnnuence was at once apparent as favorable. MY
friend Handystde forthwith observed more quiet
ana stuaious appearance among the young men.
He found the womon superior IN industry and ap-
pication TO the men, and perceived that they ex-
erted humanizing influence over the ldler young
Moreover, DR.. watson, Surgeon to the Royal In.
Urinary OF Edinburgh and lecturer upon syste-
matte surgery at the Royal College Of Surgeons
together with my friend, who Is lecturer on anat.
omy, anatomical demonstrations and practical
anatomy, each lectured with
COMPLETE SUCCESS
on their several branches OF education to mixed
as we do at the University OF Zurich, In their or
dinary professional language to the healthy and
morbid states OF the various organs without excep-
tion, and in the practical anatomy rooms the male
and female % perlngum=s = were dissected ed BY fem female
side emphatcally, the very slightest discomfort
NO DIFFERENCE WHATEVER
from the manner IN which our male students for
merly behaved'
.sThe University ofEdinburgh, acting through my
friend Handyslde, again addressed me certain
questions after the satisfactory issue or their first
experiment. and these were the questions put to
4. Have you admitted female students to your
hospitals
'.2. II so, are they allowed to visit during the
same hours with the male studentsS
''3. Can you state what Is the result Of this ar
rangemeDt to the male studentY
~ Have any other professors in the medical fac
ulty OF Zurich or Vienna or elsewhere admlp.cc
male and female students to mixed classesf
s'5. With what resultsf
s'My answers to these five questions having bosn
satisfactory, my friend Handyside informed me
thof nn falf n han nod md
that his class had increased to eight female stu
dents. He then opened all his prizes equally to
later. He discovered, however, as had done,
that the female students, though
MORE MINUTE DIS5ECTORS
than the males. were wanting in despatch; in
other words, they are too slow for prosecutors TWO
ri anS YEARS Of the other SIX
were between the ages OF twenty-five and thirty
v Os more
gent, but the young learn quicker and more easily
INV friend Handyside was not allowed to proceed
in his LIBERAL course towards female students with
out that odd but resolute sort OF opposition which
always confronts new truth or new idea. He
was opposed by the pupils Of
Mr. TURNER AND OF DIR. CHRIsTISON,
Duncan and DR.. Heron watson ardently supported
the education OF females In mixed classes
zurcn are Exactly the same fees as those pad BY
men. DR.. Matthews Duncan, DR.. Heron Maxwell
and my friend Handyside are satisfied That their
mature intellect and to young men more diligent
and attentive than in former years.
Nevertheless thirty-six, being majority OF 0ne
out OF the seventy pupils OF my friend Handyside
signed petition to the College OF Surgeons against
mixed classes; but the preences set forth by them
were frivolous, and the college decided that it
could not Interfere. However, the college came to
q vote eight days afterwards opposing the mixed
classes by a large majority
"My friend Handyside determined to persevere,
the decisonof the college Notwithstanding, and adj
dressed me third list OF questions. Here they
-
a. Do the female students OF Zurich dissect the
whole subject
- Have any male students left the dlssecting
rooms OF Zurich on account OF the females dissect-
ing publclyy
..S Have the male students presented any petit
tion against the females to the heads OF the Unver
slty or to the Minister OF Public Instruchonf
iha In a