The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-23
CHAT OF WOMEN DOCTORS.
Motives That Induced Three OF Them
to Enter the Medical Profession.

to Enter the Medical Profession.
Tires young women on the staff of an
uptow hospital were asked the osher
day what first lei them to want to lie
doctors
"The love of study had something to do
with my choice, but the desire to show
what could do Influenced me more,
con fessed tie pre.iy house physician.
"You see, all tie family at homs picked
out my brother for doctor They never
SCENE ed to take the least thought Of what
l was to be. was only girl"
"She worked for her diploma simply
out of Spite = put in the head of the dis
persary stsfY.
"And Why did you work for yourss"
"With view to making my living"
was tho answer, "and because my father
and brother were Goth doctors, and had
always hoard and known a good deal
about medicine.
''She went into IL for money, eaid tho
third surgeon mischievously. She plays
the organ like an artist, but she could
not make monsy enough as church or
ganist; SO she gave up her music and
adopted medicine. Here you have two
noble incenti, es-spite and money max
ing. Now, as for ME, nobody doubts
that went into the profession from a
born love Of it. Only highest iInpulvs
spurred mto on, only tie most disinterested
humanity prompted. Oh, you know the
rest live In state of exatation, high
up on stills above ordinary mortals, and
when have knife in my hand 1 am
translated for the time teing.'
"Don't you mind her nonsense." put
I'm another voice. "she's tie best sur
geon among u.s. She's got the surest
hand and the stesliest nerve and the
incest Judgment and keenest Intuition
'Seriously. I'm really in love with my
profession" said the surgeon, setting htr
necktie and playing atsentlv with
bunch OF iingiing keys. II regard sur
gerry and medicine in general as tha most
absorbing, stimulating profession .
woman can engage in.'
There are drnwbscks to 1t, though. he
u efnber Sudiev' cautioned tall girl,
one OF the out Department. doctors tho
had just come in and tegun taking OF
"Ysu don't think We are impressive
enough yet doctor!" laughed the house
physician.
"Not In entirety" was the answer
Whenever ] am I'm danger OF over-seif-
estimation, recall the young ones grave
fate ard injured tor wien she upbraicei
me. Il am Sadie Just now, she added.
bte won't forgive me. The baby is gro W.
ina nicely. won't have to 20 any. more
after tomorrow. Sadie IL a little Ninth
avenue girl, she won't on, land just
few days ago she was introduced to her
third baby brosher. she il verv much
tiisaustcd that tho new baby is not a girl,
and blames mo for II. Ii seems that thrse
Girl bubies have come to three families IN
the neighbcrho God lately, two of the fsmi-
lies peing In ths same tenement with
Safe. In each case n man physician was
in charge, and Sadie, who is six years
old and wonderfully astute for her years,
sttrihutas her ure,ent disappointment to
the fact taat her mothers doctor is n
woman and rot man, such as the others
have.
s"Don 4 You see, mamma. she said on
her first glimpse Of the boy baoy, that
the A. en- dt ctors, when they go to Baby
land pick out all the nice, sweet little
girls, 80 that when tie women doctors
come they INST give them any old thing
Il. ers's Mrs. Manly with girl baby, and
Mira Hnrt, she's rot girl baby and Mrs.
Ir,wn. and now DIR. Newmi IA tas only
brought You this ugly boy, when she
promised me IL should bs girl" Her
m other asrsei that IL looked SUSPICIOUS =
but tOlu ueF tntt uVtl-I>s WOttntT II60 OF
women, were Obliged 10 take Just what
thew could get and the three baby aiils
just happercd so. have carried sadie
candy and n ew hat to try and win her
favor. hut although she eats the candy
ard wears the hat. she sticks out that a
woman doctor has to take any old thing
and 10 is quite plain thnt l am a dead
failure so far as she 10 corcerned +"
.'Well. wo are not taking any old
thing % far ~ the Regents report may
be trusted, said tie surgeon. mot one
of the women who msde application
from the womsn's Medical College was
r,isotsd or failed to rass her examina-
tion this year ana q score Of men failed
TO pass That's fine plume for US to
wave.
"a nd the wo,uen's course is harder than
the mems. 1hey have made it 90 on
purposa," 7" said somsbody. r ~
No. lt isn't harvier. Ihat wouldu't te
just. |" Was the reloinder. and In the hot
discussion that followed the visitor slipped
awsy.-Ths Sun.