The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-03

been made ind ali the literature OF the profess
sion has been written from the experiences OF
to this the fact that "i no % IMPORTANT imp COM
tribntions to either surgery or medicine
BOOKS have been s %d are
contributing some valuable matter in the form
81 papers to the periodicals and s9cietiss one
read paper before. medic society. This pa
ward for q medical essay. the prize being
awarded without knowledge OF the writer's
=, But. aside from this. It must be. admitted
that women need the profession OF medicine
as means s,n OF wage earning more than the
adv ' f Il fSnsny prsdet has
the conditions will be reversed.
Pecuniarily the woman doctor is q success.
yond, any other. and is tho only one where
equal rates prevail for men and women. sta
tistics show that the proportion Of women who
fail and give up their practice, because unable
men, But 1t must be rcmem bered that It is
only the exceptional woman TINT takes up the
study. while men GO into It as they &c into lazy
From 43O women graduates Of one college.
practiced. II gave up their profession on ac-
count OF marriage and from poor health.
Their average age y years And in m,
income was $1,000 but of them earned from
S15UU to 900 n year. Thirty-two per cent.
reported one or more persons dependent upon
Many stories are printed of fabulous sums
earned by the successful woman doctor. but
one wonders how they originate. for such cell
ebrated medicoes as Emily Blackwell; Eliza
beth Cushier. Phoebe Wait. Mary Putnam am
Brown. and II score Of others in good repute
refuse to give any idea Of tho amount OF their
wos
men have the reputation Of being less energet-
ic and businesslike in collecting, hills than
women. Still there stands on record the
fee for telling her thers was nothing the mat.
ter with her. and the Woman who sent one OF
her sex away from her Office with a prescrip-
with more Kindly sympathy than the doctor.
those OF men. tho most thoughtful women
doctors are slow to claim them for their sex.
Dr. Blackwell says that she cannot assert that
men. some women are more scrupnlols than
men but others arr more nnIs,cr ~ bold
are lack Of early training in habits Of self
reliance. knowledgo Of the world. and the ex.
conservative in practice. but quotes bril-;
day when Just Comparisons may be made be.
tween men and women has not yet come: that
women are ike people going into new Few t eoun-
sc i bad hep road es Re con-
leges. and all under fire of opposition from the
railroads has been built from one n, pc point Of
vantage to, another. and civilization stands
reHdy b 70 Welc%ms not to cri TEL min;
conservative in their practice and avoid sur
Women mare are not as rule Brilliant surgeons
like men. and therefore less affected by the
temrtation to gain rerute for unusual surgical
suffering. The Doctor claims that woman $
great field is among her own sex. where ser-
GUS illness NAV be avoided 10y timely attention
to trivial matters which women endure rather
than reveal To the man doctor.
Dr, NARY Jac4oi says th ~ Whine me prolessIo Ion
livelihood: to do missionary work among tho
poor OF her sex in this. country and in foreign
acHteness; and sympathetic insight .
sa b Of Ses
their sisters. Even men with advanced and
appreciative ideas of woman's intellectual
sympathy with her medical work and are
doubtful Of her adaptahilty to the exigencies
man. extremely liberal on ali other phases Of
the woman question. refuses s to be identified
with s sey.rR Ge ea s "a of M
such unfortunate experiences in which he has
| seen the womanly instinct perverted from its
rors in dia gnosis and treatment that his faith
| in medical women is shaken. Tho great mis-
take. according to his idea. is the selection by
women Of certain lines of work among their
| sex for which they are least quail flied and in
which they can. be least successful simply be-
| cause therein lies least resistance. In found
| ing AMI emphasizing her usefulness in this
| particular woman reflects upon tho integrity
Of professional delicacy in the, men to whom
profession she has chosen.
DIR. Shrndy. who is one of the most liberal
scans to admit women to his clinics and is
now one OF the Eindest OF critics; Is accepting
e the Mes hs3
woman doctor. He says that while We grant
that woman is mans equal; and possibly his
ness Of disposition, tact, and sympa-
Thy she may excel him. blu, but she is
nct 3 practice. endanGering her own lie by
physical cSndti9ns for rfIiabIG and anyaryins
already overcrowded and that thousands OF
yG""S RsR atS SAG rs eSeIf ''at
reason i, that woman, is too tender
GMSr t9 onfnrc the hardi ,h no q
bird. I".an the rrovldorand protector" he says.
In the practices Of the profession she must
the expense OF ,hcr Letter ,wonnnly feeling.
which is undesirable. II she will come into
the profession, Why will she not . be content to
laboratories and with the microscope. Woman
manipuiatrs the microscope with great
fScafy Chin man she is quick
scientons in investigation. and patient
in detail. There is great field for her in this
work FOR which the active physician has little
time. She can have regular hours for it. 1t
Is something, she, can do, Mt home without
hold. and she will be a valuable condutor Of
men in the profession. while preserving in.
tact her womanly character and instincts"
n hpGpitulS nd
over by women, in New York. too, in Fhiladcl.
phin. Boston. Chicago. san Francisco. and
are employed in administering tho affairs in
hose institutions. all of,which have been cs-
tiihlished ~. past half century: TherG? arc
medical women. and about fifty institutions
whore womcn are admitted to study medicine.
The largest number of students in any one in
stitution is iSl. the smallest less than 10.
IN IDOL or MOUND BUILDERS.