Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-20
ro,,tN AS PHYSICIANS.
motors of the Center Sex
WI, Win Manly Incomes.

.:ob the higher drIlsIe- vi hS"AiNS "A-
Voc their vocation to the world, ana
no s,n houses wear plates on ooth' many
s0u't names on the plates are known lne
oarntry over and as lar oeyohu Do
counr,g ,d,cal Journals circulate. All are
lcan I've of high responsibility, very
sus-gar,, nractice and visits at no less
"reS ~ niece. Medical Row has one OF
tlap ty' o apothecary shops in town IN
tne ,n1ddIe of one side OF 1t. Al one ehu
Inc na,macy and at the other the gay
is pai in the DAYTIME and the gay lights
sue, nigbt of a fashionable contectloner
~ ~ Nv cheerily out on the hitting coupes
VI W .bo profession and say; "0enllemeh
Saotnrs we are doing our Dest WORK LOT
voI, in the digestlons OF that Poltlon vi
!Uornhlic which pays the best ices ana
tle Ip5 | he least trouble in collecting them
va wives and daughters OF the rlcn.
Soarly all of these fitting coupes when
.,oT stnD fitting dlsgorge some solemn
. w who is either In the ola scnool
Eeel'IO ~, aIse in fashionable tweed which
20 radical practitioners employ 10
i,.bten the gloom of the sick room ana
conse the expense OF their VISITS 10 De lost
:" the Measure which their cheery pres
once and clubman manner sheus' IL Is
not always SO, however; Oue uay t"eC
w., a hv.nasser in Medical Row, just as
ono ot the neat coupes stopped in front OF
oio ot the plates and houses which sa-
Syrod most strongly of responsibility,
rregnlarityu and So fees, saw step out OF
il a woman.
AVERY BUSY WOMAN
uJomesv she said, as she unbuttoned
tor glove. .sbring the carriage around at
, o,riock. | must 90 to consultation
tben and from there to the hospital"
rban the woman occupant OF Medical
Row ran quickly up the steps into the
bousa whose window sill bore her name
and NJ. d. ana out Of whose windows
npered the faces of half dozen patients
Who had been awaiting her coming. Run
ming along the other plates on Medlcal
Row the by-passer saw TWO otneI nan lieI'
of women. Medical Row Is not the only
stronghold of the profession that has been
invaded by the women. In fact. 1T IS al
most the last to yield them an unwilling
toothojd. Medical Row is the heart OF
medical Philadelphia, and medical Fnlla-
del9hia remains alone In this country
among medical places in trying to keep
the women out. Perhaps this is one of
many reasons why medical Phlladelphla
is no longer such great place as 1t once
was Membership OF county medical
may be deemed the standard OF success
to the members OF the medical society.
To the world at large, which measures the
medical profession with less exalted no.
ti0n of what it calls its "ethics," the
standard is probably fees.
SUBSTANTIAL YEARLY INCOMES.
As long as five years ago Dean Rachel
Bodley. of the WOman's Medical College
of Pennsylvania, wrote to the aiumn9 of
the institution for facts on this point.
From the seVeuty-siX answers which were
received the Dean prepared the following
table:
"a as much as 81, 900 and less than 1900.
20 as much as 81 900 and less than $4,000.
10 as much as 81, 900 and less than ST.. 900.
) as much as $4,000 and less than $1,000.
as much as $4,000 and less than $4,000.
Four report sums varying from $4,000
TO $4,000.
Ten report less than $1,000 year. The
average income Is found TO be s., 907 80 to
each OF seventy-siX.
One of the four aIumn9 reporting in
comes of 900 TO $40. 1000, is probably DR..
Mary Putnam-Jacobi, of New York, who
may be called the leading woman physi-
clan of the country, although the
practice of DR.. Keller, OF Boston, is per-
haps larger. Ali the alumna of the
WOman's College are REGULARS" i. g.
aLopathic pract TONERS. Any one of their
number departing by a j0t or little from
mat code is promptly dropped from mem
bershp OF their association. NeVerthe.
less, Inc three women doctors of the city
whose practice 10 most remuneratlVe are
not regulars" according to the interpre-
tauon OF the association. DIR. Harriet j g.
esrtaln, OF 2lO Franklin street, is an
aYoWed homeopathist and is on the staff
OF the Women's hospital of that school.
Herlncome from her profession is not less
than slo 600. DR.. Hannah K. Longspore,
vi l0ZD ArEl Htrpnt is aplpnfin in hnr
tlce ana makes at least $17,0 out of it.
her former partner, DR.. Jane Y. Myers,
QI 1878 Arch street, is graduate of the
woman S college, but is accused by the
Aiumne Association OF the high crime of
homeopathy. She consoles herself for
thls by gathering in about $4,000 per an
mum.
Among allopathic practitioners DR..
nannan L. Croasdale, of 1885 Walnut
steel' mas probably the most remunera-
1--WE practice. 1t is rarely less than S12. 900
ayear. DR.. Croasdaie is one of the longest
established women physicians in the civ.
~. NJ d. ocarlett Dixon, of 1903 Girard
avenue, would, however, If she were a
mau, Oe called by the spokesman of a
counlnlltee OF admiring fellow mem bers of
tHe county Medical Society or the College
Vi physicians come to present a service
Vi pIate The Nestor of the profession in the
DSSoP-pio"h ulKh-pollsh old chestnut style
VI sum occurrences. She was graduated
rom the Woman's College in 1857 and mai
daIely gwen up much OF her practice on
account OF falling eyesight.
PROSPERITY OF OTHER WOMEN PHYSI-
CLANS.
1yn@cology is naturally the branch OF
oI1 PIOiesslon In which women most ex-
iGei' inns is DIR. CrOasdale's speciality and
" 10 also that of DR.. Anna K. Broomall.
Lei near nelghbor, at 14l1 Walnut street,
w noIus the chair OF this branch at the
ohsn's College. DIR. BroomaE spent
o ~ much time in Europe perfecting her
pen IN ner calling that she has been in
aouFe practice but few years. Yet her
pacllce does not fall short of SIC. 600 per
annum. She is undoubtedly the highest
"onan authority in the city, il not of the
country, in her branch. Although her
sHlee was acquired in this country be-
"ie she went TO Europe, it was not re-
ooshIZed In Paris on account OF her sex.
Wnu sue therefore pursued her studies in
nurse, "ei SUI 40 d"
Dr' Ida Z. Richardson, of 2b6 South Six
NALL rvn.n street, is another leading woman
ris,,. she is an example OF a So
tn uS glIl turned doctor. Doubtless her
No., leuge OF the beau monde has aided
bea III her profession, for, although she
S vas only been in practice since 1870, her
tIHSlngG emoluments are between So, 900 and
bo nlother woman who, like DR.. BroomaIl,
A. 80 St ,l abroad, IL Or. Mary b. Warn