Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14
WOMEN AS DOCTORS.
rho troubles That Beset the Elf Oh
Among Them.
From the Philadelphia Ne'os.

ogthe class are still living, four practlclnS
IN various parts of the country, and one
- England, From a little child DR.. Long
shore showed decided bent toward medi-
cine preierring TO play at doctor and dis
action to all other childish pleasures. 1t
nos not until after she was married and
,ba mother of two children, however, that
she set about the contamination OF her
homes and desires. When her intention
bocame known her relatives refused to
sneak to her even at meeting" and most
If her friends deserted her. Those who
we're brave enough to stand by her suf-
tored social ostracism. Her husband was
der,ded and sneered at as the crazy hus-
hand of a CTaZier woman. He bore all
tbeaa taunts and slurs bravely and aided
her by every means in his power. Her
cherished project nearly ruined him imam
81 ciallv. but, despite the Il told thee sOs'
81 and doleful shakes of the head that he en-
countered from his friends, he was not
lsmaved. but renamed, as ever, his
wifo's best friend. The whiriigig of time
brought all things right, and to-day the
doctor and her husband are comparative
Fl IL wealthly-and all through her efforts.
81 IL one time she used eleven horses day,
FL which she drove nGIEClis III col mug
annual income of $4,000.
THE WOMAN PIONEER.
oFor nine months after my graduation p
abe said, 81 was the only female physician
bod enough 10 hang out my single, and
81 even when others, encouraged by my
move. followed my example We could not
find druggist who would compound our
inscriptions. l recall case by way
af illustration. a friend who was i'll de-
sired me to attend her. prescribed for
her. and calling next day found her much
worse. | could not understand the cause,
and asked if my medicine had been adj
ministered as directed.
1.-THE druggist would not fill the pre-
scripton, was the answer; he said 1t
was written by a woman and was good
for nothing anyway
81 asked my friend if she was still will
Inc TO trust TO my treatment, and upon
receiving an Affirmative answer l visit
I'd the drug store In question and pur-
chased a small quantity of the necessary
drugs, compounded the prescription, and
the medicine was administered to my
patient. Who, it is needless to say, recOY-
cred"
DR.. Longshore had large and lucrative
practice. During the last few years she
has allowed much of it todrOp, as the hard
work was telling on her health, and now
retains only as much as she can cOmfOrta-
bly attend to. inside of three years af-
ter her graduation, she had worked such
a revolution in her favor that she was
called in attendance upon the families of
many Of the friends who had at first
treated her with so much contempt. At
present she is often called in consultation
IN important cases. She has two sisters
Who are physicians, DIR. Meyers, who
lives in the adjoining house, and DR..
lhomas, who is married to physician in
Richmond, Ind. Her son is also physi-
clan.
DR.. Blackwell, who graduated at SYRIA
cuse, y. Y, about the close of the sos, is
be oldest female graduate in the United
States
1t was the material of which the pioneer
octors were composed that enabled
hem to snatch triumph from the very
avs Of defeat. They were women of
sterling character, broad minds, with
logged iron will, who determined to sue
eed' and adopted the profession because
tnelr love for medicine, not knowing
nat their chances of success might be.
ne nsked everything for their profession.
LAD they been other than they were
leI craze" would have died natural
eath
4 All Philadelphians are especially inter-
81
ny college of Pennsylvania. During the
llrty-nye years of its existence it has
Y Iauuated 39S women, large majority of
!, NUN are Friends. The training of the
ouege, as seems to be the case in all wo-
iehs colleges, inclines toward gynocolo-
Y, as the most appropriate, and, at the
D. ane Time, the natural field for woman's
IS oiA. mere is not sufficient amount of
la practice for women to make profit
. Ea..~rI L.
exclusion Of all others. Some grad
ases make particular study of the eye,
a. ana throat as supplementary TO their
ne.dl practice, and of the entire number
~ ~ nineteenth train, after graduation,
sue lne college, with male pTactition-
az. s9 private pupils, or in these depart
: INV ol the Philadelphia dispensary, the
'"' eye hospital, etc.
The ONLY WOMEN DRUGGISTS.
,r a. pharmacy is closely allied TO medi-
Ms ON ~ ~ an interesting fact that but two
)uH DT pii nave ever received a degree from
gu naliaIelphia College of Pharmacy,
e9l pJ9an nayhurst, Phi. G. and DR.. Eliza
VaoD The former is the apOthecary
Nv W. Ne Woman's Medical College, but the
Isn,iI- TDeHeye, does not practice, conse-
out hi o.l " hayhurst is the only woman
ean pha. ''OA0 III ma
u.s. "a, ~ a4iua,ed from the college as a ply
& aoti ~ i'oi'" she said, ''and for a time
+. bs ~ e a lhe profession. Having occa-
ide al si,SoUn pound prescriptions, | found
eorsi31kn my medical training gave
s. 70 ne,,a nle pharmaceutical knOwl-
,,o + me- a uesuea training that would ena-
IN Zen ~ ot only TO I'LL out prescriptions
10. Il ye 'ue IN gredients were at hand, but to
n 4 !. lpd;ril! Cucal knowledge of the com
die5 * oi the ingredients themselves. l
81 dne,anl the College Of Pharmacy and
la n ~ 49, ,, IN class OF about 100 mem-
,ea # tba "nlch was the solitary woman.
ne re I5uDset OF my course predictions
n tbrau J, nat would not be able To
". feroe w ", tne end-that would encoun-
y Of N, oopp9sitlon from the other menu
n r., mep, elsss, and but little encour-
alad y.i. ON the professors. / wns
epcs1' w every consideration. and ex-
degre. guy ilttle difficulty In obtaining
iyf ~ 10 make sure that after nv
MI lcat,o.,u lu receive the degree I made
Omnit,nu ~ advance. Asa consequences
,.s srtme.e was appointed 10 Wait ma,
bly se,i1 IN the college. They were
, "a nuhcS,usled as to my skin. 6oth In
9 bounced ,a8 and compromising, and
~ by 0ftho el ufug store the equal of
,ia . b eyprs.ln Ist-class establishments,
w lber M lng surprise that so small N
,els 10 p6s.m women had turned their atten-
ay Ions M, ilIacy, she said that several
ros |fmacv s hut ne given. SIN the first nlace
Ih M ohOuld be engaged in m ~ ali
hta ite d,. Aphti0n. Women viii ,narr,,