The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-31

" t'f0f sx-zsa --.----s
that she thought We we're trained to do
without sleep =
ali private nursing Tor about SIX
months. trying To get enough money 70
gether for my expenses al scnooi inc 'n-
suing year but did not succeed very Wen.
I had begun to think that / must NAlt
another year when "a friend kindly leht
me enough money 10 pay my expenses AT
medical school Tor one year. We near
much about the dlsaereeaDle wcrt OF lne
first year and particularly OF the woiN ~
the dlssecting room. Z liked anatomy very
much ] did not find myself 90 al us
turbod by dissrctlng, hut considered II tA-
rremely Interesting Perhaps NY ,Np'-
rlence IN the hospital had accustomed me
70 think very little of the dl>agieeaoie
az long Ms it was interesting.
OBTAINED HER DIPLOMA.
As soon as vacation came | took Two
typhoid patients 10 nurse ana tnrh met
physician who employed me 70 afHiH,
him during the summer. and so ] cnfncd
enough for the second years Work. Inc
next vacation / "auizzcd' some students.
and taught others through the next year.
aud nay father then offered to supply wh"t
/ needed besides what earned, ANA 40
/ finally obtained my diploma
After you have your diploma the neNr
thing rs 20 establish yourself somewhere.
! had long ngO decided upon NeW York
city Am my friends said thar | was era
~ 20 think OF trying New YORK, as there
was SO much comnqtti0n thHt | could
not expect 10 pay expenses for years. ono
physician that ] knew in tho city, VINO
would never have amounted 10 any thns
ON his own merits, hut VINO nNd uceh
pushed anead into s0od paying city ap-
rOiutments. told We that ne did nor ne
iicve I'm women prncu'lug medicine, nut
IL they insisted ON II ne would advise
them not GO stay ln New York l th-nk
AN this opposition only Increased my de-
termination t0 succeed where everyone
sad Z would fan.
otcl. ard looked tho Geld over Throufh
the Kindness Of physicians ! had Known
in the hospital. / had access 10 some OF
the best clinics in the city dnfin- ihf
summer Then ! went into the cpun,f-
in the fan and took "a rest oi Two months.
On my return 4 secured some teuch.nZ
that would help pay expenses. rfnisu
nat go what I considered good bust
ness pnrt Of the city, ANA huhs o1t my
sign
busy and managed to pay expenses or
course my expenses were not as much as
"a mans would have been under mo same
circumstances.
ono thing has greatly surprised me-. l
SUPPOSE that in New Aufs woman Nouih
be- obliged 90 take up "a specially but from
the beginning / bad u5 much nl variety
Of cases as n male prafiuencf WOMB
have had / was very glad oi ihls' Ar
do not believe IN taking specially unul
you have had enough general pfa',i.o
10 show you in what branch yol are
most successful.
My first patient sent for me the nts'
day l to"k p";,,rsioh OF i"l Nv LII
lie was au ',i nan h,Ai's 49,, III
Briehrs disease Tee told me he hal lth
several "men doctors Who BAD t9id ".H,
be had Utrc kidney trouble that nll
nor amount to much and that they had
cacn llipl hih h'll'Nr tNn' .'u '''." ~
good. and now Doe wanted 70 tiy W.,
man doctor, ana eonih ! 'uii,'.,t,'. n
Ihis Was itnlt ptA'ii1 ',-'',.,.- ,
have as me INST pAi' n' '4 ~" ,,
would get the tit'it OF M,t ~ a..
othet .hlaitian' i'i Wl. ", 80,
trouble was 'lehl tD,n "i" r. ha
could not cure hlm hlt thli N'-lt p9
able 10 make him moro eonni"fl-Dis, i
had hoped Tint ihn womb inhAf n,h i'',.e
some one else could 90 better bnt 70 'o
said hc hni an hliis nf comma ,H'e u, -.
and wanted nae o. Go iAe bt'i ,""'" -,
him. visited MN rs ''NaiI".is -
would have done hid he n', ID Il 'lA" 80,
could have pnh me mu'n no. - III III
dreaded the emu 'n"' ""' ""''
soon come. ,tt... .tt,L
Nhfh ! ~ "l' 'f'ilnT "'' ,,is
ne Npun Iif" "N, l'"l"'"~i ~" ~, I'll.
NOT si'ep n'"lu ,n' l,."pi- ,,f 81
me uti"tt N'f HtA- it' NNii, '+''
there !l.i ih ,.'Ne 10 -, wy ..-r,
Fihni Do ~ ~. ~ ~ i''.,
ln SPITE on hii 'n' p'"'n' ''' 800
am .'hl iiot o"ie ,o So 9"' t9a.....,,.. .h.
ins sleepl'sH uit"l' ""u "''.,'-"r
whole thing over again - al i'' ''N "'
two months ] signed my hf'i ntAih '~'"-
dcate. aud tnAi or my hisl pau,ht ,.,
oue ot tne greatest diHlcuiNes ~.
had wa, ING xitt'1t ri i''' -
morbid ht,", 81 '",i -',s 20 sc,..,i ~
N missing tYp inih, '"l'7' 30,
ny if'thn7 nave 'o"i'S'e" ~ ''' '
i'oii"- - . ..tf,., a mar,
"fahua wy you - !" '~s.n- ,5 20
business IKE view OF iNT i"it.'l' 100
able 10 chsfst me ac'Ds,uuiel Ii.', IN,
bad one advantage th"t many ,opnS
practitioners hdd not mao lnat OF N',
In hospital IL is one thine 10 "a'
about a disease ana anoiter 20
often the young doctor rthiif hh'Nr. pr"
n 50 embarrassed "a the Naifhiui eyes on
The family that his mind becomes "a .oIe.
blank. heard Of one young pfa'' 20"
who was called no % see u -ich 'NNh WIZ
had some Kind Of rash inc N.".'
family was there 20 Judge ~ his eapiNllN;
He look ed npIII0r-lN al The tIIlN AMI Nll