The herald., 1894-07-08
STEADY ADVANCE.
The Medical Education of Women In Eng
land During Recent Years.

land During Recent Years.
Nothing can be regarded as more sat
isfactory than the steady advance whfch
has been manifested by the Londo2
School of Medicine For Women. Inc
last years report shows that Is students
have passed in the various examinations
at the University Of London, more
than average proportion of whom took
honors in anatomy, medicine and OBJ
stetrics, and several other students nave
passed their examinations at the Uni
versity of Ireland, the Society OF Apoth-
ecaries in London, and at the scotch
College of Physicians and Surgeons. IL
is also to be noted that, in the case OF
the male lecturers who have seceded OF
resigned, their places have been hlied
by properly qualified women In Scot
land also a new medical school ror
women has been established, named
after the founder-the Muirhead Col
lege For Women. About three years
since DR.. Muirhead died, leaving the
large sum of es4, 600 for the purpose OF
erecting and endowing as far as prac.
ticable college for the instruction OF
women in science to fit them to become
medical practitioners, dentists or sclen-
tific experts. This he desired to be sit
.uated near tho Victoria infirmary, IN
order to afford facilities for clinical In
struction. DR.. Muirhead, it appears
was an individual Of very strong per.
sonality, and he insisted in his deed OF
settlement that this college was not to
be called the Victoria college. after the
infrmary with which it is associated,
nor the Queens college, after the Queen
Margaret College For Women, which
is already part and parcel Of the Glas.
cow university, and he further st1pu'
lated that neither medical men nor
clergymen we're to act as trustees, and
that no theological instruction was to
DO given.
1t was hoped that the Muirhead en-
dowment could be worked in conjunc-
tion with the Queen Margaret Medical
college, now absorbed into the Glasgow
university, and is in fact, the women s
department Of that institution, but such
was not found to be possible, and there
! fore the trustees Of the proposed Muir
head college have determined to erect
what must be regarded in some sense
as rival to Queen Margaret college.
The University of Glasgow, having abb
sorbed and assumed the entire control
of the latter, desired to have the same
power over the new Muirhead college
and over its funds, conditions which
the trustees refused to entertain. Con-
sequently difficulty exists, and no ar
rangement which would provide Glas,
cow with one strong medical school fol
women appears for the present to be
practicable.
That some satisfactory arrangement
will eventually be made with regard te
tho Muirhead College For Women Is
undoubted, and its establishment may
be regarded as marking distinct ad
vance in the education Of medical WON
en-. It is not without interest to trace
the result of the movement for the edu
cation of women in medicine since tht
establishment of the London school, nov
more than 30 years ago. The number O.
@7,1sJllA oarvali6al ,en 3usaT Ts6tdcafed,, eiS6e
wholly or partially, at this institution
is 1877. OF these nine have since died
but the great majority Of the others ar,
in practice not only in England, but il
other parts of the world, more especial
ly in India. Forty-one qualified wome1
are also on the register who have no
been students at the London school
making altogether o total approaching
nearly 200 women, who are fulfilling the
1,onorabls duties Of the profession tina
they have chosen. London Queen.
Why Beer Kegs Are Made So Thick.
1t takes long while for beer keg tc
wear out. 1t has q tough constitution
and is protected from internal decay by
coat OF pure and hard pitch. The pitch
used on the modern keg is much superior
to that formerly used. It is clear, taste
less and tough. An empty beer keg will
stand a great many hard knocks before
the pitch scales off.
The kegs wear out, when they dc
wear, externally. They are wet and dry
alternately, and this promotes decay.
Then they get a great deal Of unnoces'
sary banging around between the time
they leave the brewery and are brought
back again. Everybody, from the driver
and railroad and steamboat hands down
to the bnrkeepers, seems to think the
kegs are indestruotible. A whole car
load Of empty kegs is frequently thrown
from the car down to tho ground. A
single empty keg is often thrown 15 feet.
It really isn't necessary to make the
kegs as heavy, SO far as the keeping OF
the beer is concerned. They began by
being made heasy in the old days. The
brewers then deemed it absolutely req
uisite to mako them that way to with
stand the pressure of the beer The very
fact that they were made heavy and
clumsy subjected them to rough han
ding. Now they have to be made heavy
and extra material has to be put into
the heads and slaves simply because Of
this handling and not from any danger
on account of the internal pressure Of
the beer.-Chicago Tribune.
Easy to Make Strong Cigar.
tobacco manufacturer who moves
in a select coterie Of tobacco loving
friends was recently told by one of those
connoisseurs that he had yet to find a
cigar that was too strong for him to en-
joy. Acting on tho suggestion, tho man
ufaCturer took occasion, TO have a cigar