Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-12-19
MEDICAL STUDENTS.
WHAT ZURICH UNIVERSITY IS DOING
FOR THE FAIR SEX.

A Dissecting Room Full of Lady Students.
The scaIprI Ia Taper Fingers-Enthn-
slasm In scientific work-An Interest,"
Ing sight-A Discussion.
The workshop OF a medical collegei But
In place OF specialized young men with long
gowns and sharp scalpcls, there ara Q score
of girls robed In protecting overalls and
deftly dissecting the subjects before them.
That's what snw in the preparatory school
10 the medical branch Of the Zurich univer~
sity. This year better idea OF the female
medical student may be gathered than ever
before. because tho number Is much
greater, and, as the number increases, each
individual is freer in her actions, for she feels
she excites less attention The clientele 10
growing yearly. For this season the total of
young ladies studying this branch in Zurich
Is forty -four, against thirty-three last sea-
SON.
Don't think this dissecting room Ii an abb
solute place OF horror The bodies are DR.
yided into their several parts before tho
students approach them, and each young
lady has her chosen portion to operate upon.
This reduces the uncanny appearance to .
considerable extent, for no bodies entire are
10 be seen lying ON the many slabs or tables.
At one table where stopped delicate and
spiritueIe yound lady. holding In her gloved
hands razor like knife and pair OF fine
piuchers, was cutting at a dismembcred head,
studying the organs Of sight, probing Into
the cavities Of the brain and plucking useful
thoughts from what to me was n CHASTITY
trophy. And vet her delicacy of treatment,
her unmistakabie enthusiasm. her eyidens
| comprehension of every stroke she made, re-
moved that feeling from mo in few mo-
ments, and ! fingered, watching her quick
movements as intensely as | would any
ordinary scientific experiment
| Yes, she said, in reply to my question
suggested in virtue Of slight acquaintance
had with her, Il make the eye my spe-
cialty, for believe, ia addition 10 being ono
Of the most interesting points to study, 10 is
likewise a more potent factor than is gem
orally believed in the health OF an individ-
nal have known persons TO suffer from
severe headaches and pains in the back who
have attributed the trouble entirely 10 spi-
nal disorders. when, fact, it arose from
their eyes being ont Of focus. They actually
could not see ont of one eye and yet they
did not know H. II seems incredible, and
yet any intelligent oculist will substantiats
what say There Is no doubt that persons
have bsAen the victims of nervous prostration
brought ON by a difficulty with the eyes Of
which they were ignorant, but which very
easy operation would have removed"
little farther or disciple OF this glori-
ous art stood over partially cut leg, from
which she was stripping the skin and flesh
snd explaining the muscles, they pre-
sented themselves, to the several new schol-
ars who stood about her, intent upon her mo-
tians There was no hesitancy In her incis-
ions. she cnt with clean stroke, and every
l tfnp fhsa mia fall inst Ss.
tended She was graceful and emphatic in
her treatment OF the subject, and under
ready tongue the relations Of the various
nerves, tendons and muscles she exposed
were made clear and carried their full mean-
ing to the exIectant audience about her.
In distant corner a young woman and
several male students were discussing an abb
normal growth discovered by one OF them In
tue trunk OF a one time sturdy Frenchman,
resting upon their particular slab. There
appeared to be considerable difference in
opinion prevailing. and | remarked with q
certain elation peculiar, perhaps, to my sex,
thar the young woman held her ground and
her idea stubbornly, and the young men paid
I due and proper attention 10 what she ire
qnently said
| next noticed fashionably attired damseI
wearing promenade dress and having every
Indication of being in the mode, who, pro
tected only by a small white apron plentifully
: decorated with yaricolored ribbons, was cut
!. ting and scraping at an arm, barring thu
muscles with and dexierty that wer,
certainly NATURAL and could never have beeI
wholly acquired AT first sighG judged thi
apparently worldly and giddy creature VIA
prompted by some morbid passion to ANUS.
' herself in this manner, but when | asked TIN
!; professor who accompanied me, he said shi
) was tho most skillful manipulation of tn
o scalpel among all those then attendant am
e could strip muscle as eleanly and as beau
> tifully as an established surgeon, On tn
. street one would take her for the averag
p shopping butterfly with reflncd features an
y q rosy, semi transparent skin.
n The professor further assured me that th
women were particularly dexterous in hand
It ling muscles Their small, taper fingers gav
70 them advantage over the males. and ttei
ie eyes we're quicker 10 detect details and nn,nu
l. tin. After once becoming accustomed I
% the use Of the scalpel, the women are ntnr
ie patient than the men, and they proSecut
~ their researches more persistently.
II IL was To me very interesting to watch til
4, girls mingsing with their male colleagns
n and studying with them the terrible myster
l, Of human construction. There was n
y jocoseness, no loud talking or unseeml
y mirth. All was quiet, orderly. strictly
. the line OF business The young lady |
"a whom have referred was the only one VII
~ gave any suggestion of the outer world. an
u she was eccentric; she was genius and .
sp sumed the privilege Of genius.
Her companions were nobed In all concea
ing white Mother Hubhands, tight at Il
neck and tight at the waist otherwise fallin
es unbound from shoulders to feet; beneat
4, this, clothing as little cumbrous as can
ir xorn. The Inndern hustle is, of course. foi
ir hidden, and ccfsets are discouraged Tk
4 fresst action is sought and anything that In
Is terferes Is east aside. The robes are mad
Of rather more ciinging than loose, SO that enc
Y. student fills the smallest place she well TAI
Of superhuous clothing, ia other words,
lie barely tolerated. aud upon the head Is wor
I'd white turhan.
er The male students do not hesitate TO openi
q declare their opposition 10 the presence I
is women in the medical profession. and y,
y when brought In contact with them In Il
Is operating room they treat the females wit
n the utmost Difference and respect
d Cor. New York Star.
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