The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-19
A WoM.iN rHrsIc,i> ~ NEW roRK.
Womnn's Rights Practically Illustrated b,
Gcurge n. Putunms Daughter.

several good women ina our country have
fought and overcome in tho ii'ld of medicine.
Measured by their pc"uuitry success. res poDtd-
bic and regularly educated women practftion.
crs are doing we'll not II few Of them earning
from iiu,oOO to $4,000 per year. 1t is h,t.r
than making shirts at ten cents apiece, is ifnlt3
Measured by that infinitely lottier success
which cannot be- counted 10y dollars and cents
There are even now ono or two women do tors
who may possibly lenve footprints ON ,ha
sands OF time" One Of them seems likely ~ bs
DR. Mary putnnm-Jacobi. of New York, who mn
doubleday stands at the head VI the medical
profession among women I'm America \ prone
'ncnt physician in this city T. lis me that even
as man." for her age she would be reIlrl.I
as one Of the leading lights of thu profession.
\ medical book written bv her. and lately pub.
lshod has introduced her widely to the rg,d-
nE public in and out Of Tho medical profession.
Everybody is reading II. it is selling very ran.
idly and making strong impression oven -
doctors. The contents of this vigorous boob
first saw the light in the form Of the Boyiifou
Prize Essay Of Harvard University Tho namcs
of the authors who compete for this pr2. are
sealed up in envelopes. So that they are NOT
known TO the Judges till after the prize is
awarded. The prize was awarded ~ usual in
1876 and when the judges looked for tn au.
thors name. behold. the author war Il tor,
and that doctor was n woman Mary Puinam-
Jncobi. Tn essay WIS published in book form,
and DR.. Mary Putnam-Jacoh has taken hor
uI ,"np III inc "VIlu "s u woman WHO Aho"7 "nd
She obtained her medical diploma in Paris.
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studied Intensely while IN Paris. and gathered
Y,ric n" " ,, ,i rlnar, ~
lnssins m"iie4 prnfllion"r starr ana sasp
ui II MI ~, u,,' ,i u i t np' III
r H., IN, "u n W,'' hr i'm 'o' @
or til"V ~ Mhlcl, Mnuu HNn mr. lsnt On any
unFN, S,Ii,Y'W', nnu WIZ, i}tlnu hinku /" NJ
wa H. WILL y,u i i,llN VIII i"',''N" Sil" u,u' -,
M"9 ",,I',', ~ J. az - ~ iu- w Mni IN VIZ
~, ilvtHp', atsI ' llnt WV ann Wn7 ln' or
RI n TX ,'N o, pI',,." " ~.
during mat thrilling ,nI would lr worth s9me..
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~ it'''i ~ '''.' .''' va"
pi.als were embodied IA an essay on pit
ymt H. B} ,'r" ". 'is ~ ~ i; u ' ',,
cred lv SOM, s,o n i,Ii, thl ai"s} If hnr .nn
~ i"ui w 10 ii'uIHi il,. "'uIe thuS lar,
hr ,,, ,, a. 81 ~ , ',,, 't'
irnin"G hrain any,, @ ", H. r" sigt.,,s
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bns f L, r W.. ,tr ~, w. ky iur,1,ln.
,ons'nIlently b"r wrfinra nro 9,iwevs h, IN and
nc,. ~ III , H. "i l n ri,,
, w. WI es " n, tS g., 70 l'' , ,,,, y,
ata point II, ~ p. ,n-
Medica men say Una, III tuuha ui
and ieast und1rsiooI Irinrh OF the healing
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ddn""s,imiy w. u"sn VIM i'm tn, mrnnch On dis
Lr,ad p Nh, ~ h. Iuiii tho r,si ~
uVn i''r pyItnill vi ~ ~ ~, III n d
h liz W'',,"n , ~ v, ~, a a rn
H. ,i," 49,. Oh an $40 nnvvi lie
and tho mower III nnnliration md of conrnnira-
Hon Hon of itb"n,,hi ~ which She has sch""ied
ners,n' may DC earnestly commenced 10 al
u ,, ..,,,., q h,.,;,,nin n, ammo, b,.l,,
M"rv ",1 '' eoii sh, Las Srarceiv lon he'd
the yor.. If middle lie ms vet and il IS plonsnnt
i"t u, ol th@ prHht y.nrs w,e N al" ya o
NM ~ MI 49, ,h ~, ~ w If "nD cpi1 AZ
though only in The beginning Of her medical
brnf.sstr ~ N.,r;a NJ ,ia IL, ,h,' Wnnnnns
! M"IirnI 4, li,y. IN Nn,y york one mi1ht Stake
IL iif tt IL ~ Npm LIE n,, is INN
IN in 'i", 9i, "'i ''unS NUM-
Eriill'hai 81 thlS 'iY, llotru n'I spc"N . III u
Tb"r,. ia n,h ~, m inc Hxhnt,.ver nHnut her
! he. ,,lys she seemed lik, "A gentle modest lady,
| that was ali. She began srraking in quiot
ba stating ill., ,hne and hs and one ,G
nt 1I 'a "a, yur s"'n 1 pa 'i III ~
lenrih sln sunn'.i M, her nn,,iusioms So how.
! erf'iiiy thnt th@v were Observation-Disclosures
/ hrutmu-t she Will allow for herself IL that
she WINS Lnru with r,,thri. An Energetic url.aui-
thc daughter of Cicorgc L. Putnam the we'll
known nrbishrr. tho "llc., laugii'r i'm a 'arge
family. In whieh III" riris we're nj eNpniri 10
,yort ~ +, ii,,,r,, Il .,n.t,.I II tin n, v,,s la
i've "nnif'rtnin h,u, In ,h,' Gitrr mt.inui
/ ,niup 'Tinv were it,,i t.,,r ,'unutu fl la
Obliged Ia il, ANYTHING lnr t.r,r own h, H.. and
iv nc m",ns ri"l an"1inl, t bt'y,. I ii., rnt.
Gd. MARY ana mo-, nay nig 90 ali "r'ni"H %,
Ia, ,n H. ,,,.' N,i .''.' , 'i,.,,,i. .tf
m'ing II "rat6"r an rn'.r.,. lie "r:'i,. .ii.on5
She took the 6it in h.r toll and rcroy,d 10
NotLinp j. rNu-r"r1tiu, To- mo. 90 say, she.
"a tn sr" 1our or nv WHEN tryinl L, lot hs
Th. ,n,,r. ,,r, -, rN ii,' az, h'inr 'si Il the
more value hc OF She is 1, every other human