The morning times., 1896-09-13
ly shake their queues and Foil their almond
eyes when the followingsign IN appears placed
ccnspicuously in public:
'Meiyii SHE, N. d.

| eyes when he following gn appears placed
conspicuously in public:
| 'Meiyii SHE, NJ d.
and
| Ida Kahn, n d.
The shock will be great and the new
. practitioners expect to have more time
| than patients, just az first. However, they
are brave, calm and determined. and their
| future career will be watched with every
expectation Of their eminent success" to
| quote President James Angel OF Ann Arbor
University.
The two young women, Ida Kahn and
Meiyt, or Mary Stone, as her name has been
Angiicized, were graduated June last from
the department Of medicine and surgery Of
Ann Arbor University. They then spent
Two months in further pursuing their stud
les at hospitals, and the last Of August
sailed for the far East
Their home is Knikiang on the Yangtse
river. Miss Charlotte Howe, a mission
airy at that port, became much Interested
lhthese two Young women, whocanie under
her instruction and influence wilhelm China.
ana When she returned To this country about
iour years ago they accompanied her They
had become inibued with the missionary
spirit, ana, young as they Were then, the
one seventeen and the other a little older.
the noblest career seemed that Of being able
10 minister To those Of their own sex who
were physically afflicted. In time their
services will be required, without doubt.
by high caste ladies and those in the zanana
aud harem. But their particular desire is
TO become medical missionaries
So thorough had been their instruction
III English, as we'll as other studies, OBJ
tained from schools established in Kin
kiang by the missionaries, that when
tney entered the university at Ann Ar
bor both aspirants successfully passed the
examinations necessary for entrance to the
class of medicine and surgery
This examination required an English
essay, correct in spelling, punctuation,
capital letters. grammar and paragraph-
ing; mathematics tarithmetic, algebra and
geometry; physics, zoology, history and
Latin. They speak English admirably,
with just the soupcon of an accent.
which Is fascinating. and they write
Charming letters, which are absolutely
correct IN every particular, expressed per-
fectly, and written in a neat, clear hand,
1t is unnecessary to say that the four
years course in the medical depa rtment
Ann Arbor University the course of in
structfon for women is in all respects
equal to that for men; they have the
same advantage in respect to lectures
public clinics, and work in the several !!
laboratories. There are lectures and reel. |
tations In osteoiogy, embryology and his |
tolOgy; operative. minor and general sur |
gerry, practical pathology, internal medi. |
cine, and dermatology, and all those other |
frightfully hard things, the study of any |
one OF which is quite enough to turn ones /
brain.
But nothing daunted these brave girls
from the Flowery Kingdom They took
up every study in its turn and went I'm
Tor hacteriology, which includes the chem
icai and meteorological examinations of
1000, water, soil and air. Electrotieurapeu.
Tics also came in for a share of attention.
ana they became initiated in the mysteries |
OF batteries, induction coils, electrodes
anu other appliances. and they also went in
lor experiments in electrophysics and cleo
tfophysiology. In regard to more practical
thlnSs they had charge of patients in the
hospital connected with the university
where they were required to make dag.
noses, prescribe. dress wounds and perform
minor operations, under the direction of
the professor In charge.
With oil this rush Of work they found
lime to take advantage or the facilities
Tor physical culture and usually devoted
everal hours each week to work with
iumb bells and Indian clubs. They were
members OF the Choral union, which is
ID organization OF students for the study
af l