The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-29
WOMEN PHfsICIAno.
How tho GentIer Sex Has Advanced In
Medical Science.

Medical Science.
A visit TO the woman's Medical Coiiege
and the adjoining inhrmary makes one
realize the wonderful advance In the
study Of medicine that the CENTER sex
bas made and also the indomitable push
and perseverance Of the American woman
Forty years ago there was no auequ5te
medical hospital where she coulu s'uuy,
nor any hospital wherein 10 apply he[
knowledge II gained; but by series Oh
struggles and herculean eHor's inS'i.u-
t,c,,s have been established III All PtI.
of the country offering sucn lha,ceiiie ..,
and advantages for the STUDY Oh 'he ne,
irg art as to leave nothing 10 oo ue S,-I,i
OF these institutions the Womans Meul-
col College or the corner OF Livingston
r1oca and Fifteenth street, facing Stuy-
vesant square IS a prosperous exaihpie'
Dronnina IN on a tour OF Investigation
tbo euh-daon. Miss Cora Thompson was
found seated I'm the sunny library, when
g. BANKED ON every side by well hlled
bool,coses tas a tiled, open fireplace anu
&. ornamented with licensees OF DTS
Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell the COZ
lege founders and cabinets containing Oo
jects Of professional interest anu Val i9N
bric-a-brac. .,,
corning the coming seasons Work MISS
Thompson said: 80,
eve open on Monday, October 2, with
our new regulations requiring a Iour-
years course This Is among the Re"
foremost colleges Of the country ID eN-
tending the course from three 10 -FOUR
years to meet the increased requirements
of the present day.
"The adjoining house at No. LIVING
ston place will serve for the first time as
a dormitory for the medical students d.
Annie S. Daniel, professor Of children
diseases. being I'm charge, and the base
ment will be used for extra clinical ac-
commodations The infirmary has been
remodeled and enlarged at an expenditure
Of $4,000. the new portion being built
flreproof and its capacity doubled Inc
number OF beds IS now seventy, with -FOUR
additional wards-one medical, two sur
gical and a large childrens ward
Upon descending into the basement OF
the college, appropriated as the dispen-
sary. Dr. Anna VI. Galbraith, clever
young physician, was found in her clinic
room treating a number or charlty
patients-women and children. The col
lege not being in session there were no
attendant students TO study DR.. Gal
braith's methods. which were in most
DNNAAo
quickly and skllfully examined and pre-
scrbed for. and the directions for treat
ment carefully written out and handed
to her; but when a case Of special interest
presented itself the patient was put
through n lengthy process Of examination.
Several OF the women were unable TO
understand English, when DR.. Galbraith,
as skillful with her tongue as with her
fingers, communicated her directions in
German. When Office hours were over, DR..
Galbraith kindly offered to do the honors
Of the building. Passing into the hall
other suffering women and children were
found waiting 70 consult the physicians
then holding office hours The druggist,
also woman with a Doctors degree.
was putting up prescriptions for which
each patient is charged ten cents. regard
less Of the actual cost
Climbing TO the second floor the lee
ture room and chemical laboratory were
rsached-the latter a large apartment
equipped with every imaginable phial and
apparatus-polariscop spectroscope. ana
lytical balance-and tables TO accomo-
date thirty-six students at one time. The
main lecture room runs through two
stories and seats one hundred students.
On the other floors are the physiological
and astrological laboratories while the
top story is devoted to the dissecting
room.