, 1879-01-22
RUSSIAN FEMALE DOCTORS
Their Service. IN tho Field I,urinc III. r.,
War with Tnrfscy. -"
Hsf5 Torf t,.,n

Thcir ssrsiceS IN tho FIcId ,urinc II. r.,
War with Tnrfscy. -'''
kf.a Yorf Sun.
Russia, though the last Government N n,.
women to study medicine, was the 1r.t ~ m'as ~ M
claaly inyito them to professional scrvtc, ~ T., W.
field. In tho lato Turko- Russian war...,"t " oe
Russian war IN which only Russian ,.frtnr. nv "N
esnployed-icmalo physicians checrinl,s .els ="
formed the duties assigned to them, X. -, St
commencement Of the st. Petersburg msn. usa
college TOT women, tho only insttt,,tIon -, '.
kind In Ntsata, took place during the w,. ~: us
tho studcrts Of tho last {flith) cour,e s,.a ~
on the fold Of duty before they had na.,.a W. W.
flual examination. OF IS women of t1,o wv, ~
datsnr claAs, "a agreed to 60 to tllc scen. y. =.
action IN Turkey, where tl1cy werc ]tst,,,'n,.,
In different hospitals hs Junior assistant ~ .s'
gcons, Just like Tic male stulents OF Tia III ~,
uattnE class. In order to show what tcr< <taa' ~,
to do. VIC quotc from letter Of one Of Il. -! !.
principal hospital fer wounded men: / Il, II.
settlcd,n stlc says, " In a village, living IN ~
poor stinntIes, hatf filled Efth corn 1T, ~ Me
harley. and destitute Of the comforts of r,r,i, .,
ltfe: We had no beds, anil silent on the tuat,1s
laid upon The earthen floor. There was 10 ms r..ss
In the Windows, a1Nl 40 VIC were exposed u =.
winds md ratn. We hal tho n.ost fr,srd4,ts A.
relations With tho Dafgafians, whose lansu,s!
We coufd easily understand. In tue ninh, =
tue Atla Of August VIC wcrn awakened br Il.
thunder Of cannon, the beginning OF thc XII.
OF pieYna, and It Increased till tho ross ~. sM
continuous. Numerous wagons full Of wornds,
soldiers soon male thelr appearance. / I'M ~.
able to describe the impression made On n, T. T.
the sight Ut several thousand MANNED yfctnw,,
but the scene Will remain forever tn mr. mr.
ory.. While helplng ono Of tho poor iello,.
hundreds are waiting for vou: mud ut Iii +,
extreme exhaustion, you become conseiou. n n
your Inability to help any more; but soon s,.ta
your energies arc excited anew. Yo could H.
rest for OILY three or four hougs out of H.
twenty -four. We had but $50 beds, and iher
twenty doctors wore divided Into ihrt.
gronps: Quo groupc operated, tho ott., I.;
dressed tic wounds, the third apptted ii.
psrfs plaster bandnRes; and this last sork n,
tho most difficult Of all. l applied oYer DCtf
these ban4arcg. Twice the Czar visited OUT
no the patients. Ho thanked the lady lo<tor,
for their services. in the hospital nc performH
the same duties ns our masculine colleagues:
.Wd diagnosed, operated, classified the patent,'
0avo prescriptions. and ISSUED the hospital o.,
t!ete: IN tle other hospitals slmilar ou.iea v.ts
work Of tic Russian female doctors Hudn.
the war ovcrcamo the oppposlt.on ot the moi
obstinate professional opponents to tcma1t
medical education. The Gar himself Va. Wit.
ness df fhe tut ability, q women to pcrtorm1h.
oocsor's duty undcr tfIe most trying e!trur,.
etatsces. The St. Petersburg Medical College i.
women was established In 1877, Its progtsmn;
ia the satne hs that OF uhc mnIc medical cu1etts
Women must be graduates III some literary tol.
lego, must pass q preliminary cxnnlInatiol, aM
lnuat study medicine TN tho co1lccc) during tn
years. Then they pass tho flunl examtn.tier,
and, II successful, receive tho diploma. Eth
this, however, docs not entitle them 10 ths tt-
gree Of II. d.. to secure which thuy nlust su!ts-
Qllently write an original thesis Of, some me4I1l
subject, md DISCS Special atI cn1Htacd, anls
m,fa sevarc examination. Last year there van
oyer 40 .wotaen in the Ht. Petersburg femtt
Medical College, and over afsy had pssa4
through the n1sal examination.