The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-15
GIRLS OF MEDICINE.
WAYS OF THE FEMININE CREATURE
TERMED THE HEN MEDIC"

4 Young Person of Rather Queer ideas.
Perhaps. but = wcmanIy Woman for
All That-Her Tastes for Science by No
Means Drive Out Her Center Qualities
Ten to one the reader doesn't even know
what a Hen Medic is. Well she isn't
woman doctor just yet. but she's going 70
be
It is difficult TO describe her SO that one
can tell who she Is at the first glance, for
she looks wonderfully like any ether
bright, earnest girl; but few truths about
her may not come aniss.
To begin. she may or may not wear her
hair short. As the Irishman said. Some
does-more don't" But if it is short, il is
safe to say that it is prettily curied close
to her shapely little head, and it is apt to
be brushed back from her smooth. white
forehead
In the matter OF dress she is reasonable
and conservative. Something neat and
stylish always. but running to neither ex
treme. OVERRIDING is one extreme. tight
lacing is the other, she will tell you with a
wise look
1nC GiSlesAhCu SOfcCOct W NC SURF Out
that never would be known from the fit of
her gown. Her hats are neat and inclined
little to jauntiness, and she affects jack
cts with pockets on the sides. To tell the
truth, she rather likes to stand upon the
street cars to lei the people see that she
hasn't back" ard one notices that the
hand that holds the strap is well gloved.
She's a companionabie creature withal.
and will tell you about the most interest
ing operations she has witnessed, all in the
same breath with u description of sweet
gown" she's having made. and an account
of the play which she saw the other night.
SHE IS NOT AFRAID.
Dissecting isn't the pleasantest task in
the world, and she is frank enough to OWE
that she doesn't just like it. The sub
ject" is grewsome at best; and it may be
that she feels at the first sight that she
would like to scream and run away; but
she doesn't.
She may have TO be carried out once or
twice-her brother, the Rooster Medic.
has had that experience at times himself
but she is up and at it again in no time al
all; and soon her soft taper fingers are
slashing through the tissues.
She does her work conscientiously and
we'll She fishes daintily around for the
end of a nerve or a tendon. and, although
she handles il bit gingerly, TO be sure.
she hangs on to it tightly all the same.
and she gets the bearings of that particu
lar nerve so that she remembers ever after
ward.
She studies hard and understandingly
and her examination papers are neat com
pendiums of medical knowledge. While
she learns just how thick to mix a mus
tard plaster. she doesn't forget how many
eggs to put in a cake, and her knowledge
of the manner of stitching up wound
doesn't interfere with her learning the
very latest stitch in embroidery
MAKES AN EXCELLENT WIFE.
She does not have a minutes time to
practice, yet you will find that she knows
all the new airs, and she can tell you Just
how the trouble started in Chill. II there
is rubber at whist and the table is one
short, she can take hand and play il
with such mingled luck and skill that you
would much prefer to be her partner than
her opponent.
As a matter of fact, one secretly leans to
ward life partnership with this little
Hen Medic, but is half afraid of her be
cause she knows 50 much. But despite
her knowledge she has heart as tender
and true as that of the most innocent little
maiden, and if tina. Is won her hand goes
with it, And once she's won, it is forever
and aye, through thick and thin. and her
"Materia Medica" and her Essentials OF
Anatomy will go up on the highest shelf
of her closet. ana her practice will be con
fined to you and the children of the poor OF
the neighborhood.
The girl knows how the boys" regard
her and she laughs at il and it doesn't hurt
her bit. Now, it'nsy be that the women
who first got this nickname were not of
the same make. They may have worn
smooth hair and spectacles and talked
through their noses and gone about in
draggi led gowns. But if that was the case
that sort of people are back numbers now
and the girl the men toast is the Hen Medic
of today.-Chicago Tribune.