Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-16

remembrance
Lne opJectlun TO women in the profession
lfGhhly stated by one physician who showed
now ne feared their rivalry by asking do
you expect Us TO furnish you with q stick
10 pre2k our heads with" And one of
Lhe profess al Geneva college, where Dr.
b4GckWeu graduated, showed Z similarly
mistaken notion Of the rapid SUCCESS which
would attend lady doctor by proposing
q professional partnership with her. on
condition Of sharing all profits over 81. OO3
on her first years practice
Her frsi medical consultation was q funny
eAleflehce The physician whom she had
called IN, after seeing the patient accom-
panied Jr Blackwell into the parlor and be-
gan 10 walk UP and down in great agitation.
tAthInlhG- most extraordinary CRse, !
really do not know what 10 co."
] listened In surprise and perplexity. rs
Il was clear case of pneumonia. with no
unusual danger, until at last / discovered
ihat his pef'PleXity related not 10 the pa-
hent but 10 the propriety OF consulting
Win q lady physician"
The lack OF hospitals and dispensaries for
women practitioners here led DR. blackwell
and her friends to establish the New YORK
IntrmRry for Women and Children whose
resident physician WRE her sister Emily
Blackwell VINO had followed in her path
and graduated ri the Cleveland Medical
college. The intrmRry, TO which q medical
college has since been added is now &
fourshing institution But in 1857 there
was such opposition to the idea that the
new dispensEry found difficulty in standing
on its feet. financially. Fanny Kemble was
nj that time giving series of Shakes
pearean readings here and often rendered
generous assistance TO benevolent institu-
lions by means Of free readings Or Black
Woll visited her in the hope Of gaining her
cooperation in this way, ana The traEedienne
listened with interest until she grRsped the
Tact that the infrmary physicians al be
uan IN hnr
up to her fun height turned her flashing
eyes upon me, and with the deepest tragic
tones Of her magnificent voice exclaimed
Trust & woman-Rs doctor-neverr
Philadelphia Boston New York and other
large cities were beginning however. 10
disagree with Fanny Kemble, and medical
schools for women were established in each
Of those cities and free and equal entrance
al the colleges secured for them by 1863
when Or Blackwell went to England where
she found The medical dispensRry for women
established by Miss Elizabeth Garrett which
has now grown into The New Hospital and
London School Of Medicine for Women con-
nected with the Royal Free hospital, in 6
prosperous condition, DR.. Garrett was the
pioneer OF the medical movement among
English women one Of whose uutcumeF has
been the ineEtimuble blessing 10 Hindno
women. Lady Duherins Medical mission to
the ZenRnHs
As Ir Garrett was pupil and convert Of
Dr. Blackwell, II is bun fair 10 trace the
whole movement back 10 her indefHtiEEble
efforts, which have set the bail rolling in
every direction, so that In every pHrr Of the
civilized world women can be attended by
their own sex II they desire IL, and the
woman doctor has become 8 social common
place Dr. Blackwell finally returned Ia
England after living in America 10 see the
EuccuEsfUl fruits Of her example and nov
resides al Hastings where bsT interest IN
reform movements in every line remains uu-
tagging IN spite OF her advanced age