New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-24
4 YOTNG DOCTOR.

HOW MISS WILLIAMS BECAME RACTERIOI> OGIST
4, pn age when most OF her choosing
their bail gowns their husbands. a certain
young devotee OF science passes hours OF her daily
existence In the laboratory Of the BOARD Of Health.
p,tently testing toxin and antioxin for the benefit
o, human kind.
do YOU think bactorioogy offers n practically
ros field for wornen's work-that is. for women OF
education and intelligence" asked an Interested
visitor OF Or Williams.
1T offers a new field. certainly" was the reply
but il il not pursuit that il ever likely to be-
come popular II requires too much patience ana
painstaking application. There are several young
women in New-York engaged in II now-onc In par
ticular has displayed such eXceptiona. aptitude TOT
the work tina, she is certain 10 make name TOT
herself before long: hut it isn't likely that many
will devote themselves to it,"
What first induced you to make II a pr0fes-
son?" questioned the visitor. thinking how very
unprofessiona that grlish face and form appeared
surrounded nth all the mnutae OF stern scien-
ti1c research.
81 Just drf,ci into IT," said the young lady III
seemed 10 me tina, there was more 10 learn IN II
than in anything else could take up Compare
lively speaking. there is limit to what onc can
learn about other things. hut In this branch OF
knowledge can study and experiment lhd'Ah-
itcly and siin nnd new facts, new problems pre-
scnting themselves as interesting as those ALREADY
mastered"
You had natural thirst FOR kno"ledsc. SUE
gcstod her listener.
Eyes: | suppose YOU would call it that Several
members OF my family have been students. en-
JOY my work very much. am deeply Interested ID H.
else | would rot be here / graduated AZ ID" Medl-
cal College. occupied a position in that institution
for a year and then went to Vienna win inc ''-
termination to make bactcriology special study.
| did not stay in Vienna Ions but went 10 L'liS4''
where remained year"
DO you spend all OF your time in your expert
nlcnis here"
NO. ! am here only every afternoon. In tn"
mornings at the college. Pathology mas al
ways Interested me greatly. | dovot" my morn
ings to that study | have Office hours as Irac-
Using physician at my Ncw-Jcrsey home but ! am
not there very often"
This Professor o, Pathology and Doctor Of Mcii-
cine. who has achieved such signal success in her
chosen pursuit. is as retiring and unassumnr ~
she IL clever She speaks distinctly. yet her softly
modulated tones remind ono 90 m" gentle ana low
voice OF Cordc.!a
Il had no idea OF the noiorieiy I would attain In
being appointed this position" she protests u
came here on tie ist % February. and nearly al
OF the newspapers have sent reporters since - Ia
tervicv mo. Publicity r. distas;eful TO me-
thought that u said nothing there would be- moth
ing FOR them 20 print. and have always been ok
ccedingly uucommurlca,tlvr in their presence. j
have found iowcvcr thai they printed things alb
the SANE whether said them or not. and som"
OF the sscrtions thcy hav" made have boon luli-
crous ~ th- sircmc. one paper announced hat
studied abroad 40 e certain college. which cole
lego docs no exist the writer having mistaken mo
name % 4 professor zone a. my nstruc'0f-l, for
the name ~ am Institution OF learning The papers
have coniurcd up an sorts - N"w-Nork addressed
FOR me when have not disclosed fny residence %
any Of them Ms personal APPEARANCE has been
commented on without reserve. and now hear
that personally attend the horses ana inject tne
toxin INTO taclr ,'lus. or" o. 90" physicians bore
told me- TODAY that m.Elf 'ki'rf 10 srt rui
u some cutcrurlsuS Journal soon. r'ifrf'nIiht if
as standing ps som" eftlRarf roam or bay. 90 10"
at OF administering IN" experimental dose.
Il heard that you supsrut".lcd that depart
mcuf. and ! think such picture would DO mo-.
interesting. said IN" writer "outolngly. IN real
NY. then. YOU nave nothing to DO win 90" morse
Nothing I only test the toxin and artitoN.n. !
Try my experiments on guinea pigs. t0"y being
peculiarly susceptible To diphthcrcur germs.
DO You XIII them asked The listener looking
into fhc bright young tacr.
Sometime / make som" % 'hcm a ltt" sick.
some more sick stl. according 10 an" strength ni
the poison Win which inoculaie them. AMI fn"
conclusion wish verify occasionally 10 is ncrc.-
sary that they should die in order that a TACT may
live
Installed among the thousand and one cotton
siopp"rcd tubes and bottles. cfuclbics ana lnCu-
bators necessary for h'r INVESTIGATIONS. Miss VII
Jams seems entirely hnppv and AZ home Her
slender fingers manipulate the various glass inpl"
mcnts OF her trad" dnNtcrous as tnos" o. other
girls manipulate curling tongs ana Gibbons. Noi-
ing the absorbed and serious air OF this young
coycry % some new phase or development IN her
work would afford her tho same delight that the
possession OF a and becoming gown gives her
more frivolous sisters. Miss Williams belongs, II
sack, y J.. and follows her profession from choice
rather than necessity.