New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27

fully practises every branch OF medicine and sur
gerry
Her present position IN medicine" said DR.. K.
W. Amidon professor OF therapeutics. yesterday,
twas by no means gracefully accorded TO her. but
has been wrested by her from an always Indifferent
and often hostile public Womans rights interes,
her less than human rights. under which she. as
q human being. demands to-day the right 10 enter
any field of work for which she is physica ly and
mentally IT."
The students OF this college have exceptionally
good preparatory education. many OF them before
commencing the study OF medicine having gradu-
ated at Wellesley. Nassar Smith. Cornell. Knox,
Swarthmore Radcliffe. Boston University and the
Woman's College OF Baltimore rhe graduates of
this college are everywhere. In private practice In
this and other cities they lend ustre intellectual
soca, circles ana DO much 10 ernoble medicine In
Institutions they model internes In charitable
ard educational work they reign supreme. Abroad
they ill places Dramatically sealed 20 men and TO the
confined ana practically ens.aved women of Eastern
nations they come rs vcritable angels OF mercy
The sphere Of action Of the medical missionary Is
practically boundless. n woman physician has
entree ln;o the home impossible to other women
and absolutely forbidden 20 any man.
Graduates Of this college are scattered all over
Asia. In Armenia they have remained at their
pests, and after tending those surviving the
butchery have collected and nursed back 10 life
the thousands CT children made orphans By the
murderous Moslem. Plagle-ildden India also has
her quota Of devoted women physicians. while a
s graz . OF IN" cnasS OF 80 Or katharine NJ
doing an immense amount Of charity work among
the poor women, OF Seoul. is also attending ply
stefan to the ladies Of the imperial household OF
co Corr, who ot.,o,, - non,o. ...,.,.
ana the DIRECTORS are not all men" continued DR.
Amidon. base their opposition chiefly on her
medical practice mas changed since the days when
teeth were wrenched from shattered law by a
barbarous turnkey: that no longer are disocaed
place
and pulleys. that no more arms and legs
whipped off from struggling, screaming, conscious
Advancing science has eliminated the brutal ele-
ment from medicine ard ii IS now "A gentle art and
who'is better fitted for the practice OF d gentle art
than woman? The really sick want no clustering
BOO sawyer. but appreciate a soothing presence n
sympathetic ear and hope-nspring attendant
Objections because Of intellectual unhtness be-
coming and seldom uttered in public Shall
low women. Judging Others by the standards OF
their own mental vacuty decry any attempt OF In
lower men still make insnuations they could not
for moment maintain before high-school girl
"rhe woman physician Is no longer an expert
ment: she has come to stay. She has proven her
ability to acquire the profession and her capacity
TO practise 1t, and her Inaenable right to do what
ever she can well do Is being acknowledged by an
ever-incrcasing army Of sympathetic and Justice
on the morning OF April % the college building
totally ruined by fire Occurring as 1t did at
a neighboring building. without Interruption With
eommendable pomPtiiHhe the trustees are about
growing needs OF the college In order to do this
promptly and properly they need more money than !
thev have and every friend OF education every sup
porter OF the higher education OF women and all in
symuathy with the vast and deserved charitable /
work of the institution are invited To forward /
with liberal and substantial help.
I'm spite Of leng henlng the course OF study To four
ars which 1t did three years ago, hS college l.
Constantly growing and this year has lS students
Tho officers of the AlumnH Association are: J
President Or. Gertrude b. Kelly: vice pre- sdents
Dr. Eleanor b. kilham and Or. Caroline a. Cabot; 3
recording secretary. DR.. Anna " GARNER: corre- /
amending secretary. DR. Sophie Kupfer Kohn: treas
urer Or, Edith = Blackwell; Executive Commit
and DR.. Mary t. Mitchell