New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-25

returning home with the acquired title Of NJ d:
But 20 their great disappointment they were NOT
allowed 70 pass the State examination In Russia,
and thereby deprived OF the opportunity, 70
10 pass Examinations as trained nurses and mid
wives and work officially such. II Is charac-
terstic of Russian girls that even arter IL WAS
known that they would not be able 10 bear the ute
OF physician" at home they sun went abroad Tor
title: we want the knowledge. which We can use
later, though called only nurse or midwife IN
Independent work Of a physician A letter written
by woman having the Swiss degree OF NJ ",
who until short time ago occupying the po-
slton OF nurse In one OF the northern provinces
Of Russia 10 a classmate Of hers is interesting she
4 au living here IN perfect solitude assocatngg
eens Mccoy f9o p SsY my 70 mnS Loneliness Still al
ways expect with impatience the weekly meetings
OF the district physicians, which are Held IN the
city. There our eight colleagues meet 70 discuss
country practice. After the business part comes
the social par, Of the meeting. consisting or tea
drinking and talks on ali kinds OF topics. You will
imagine that this IL great distraction 10 al OF US
a. ca51o, Taays II some urgeTt cases happen to
turn up that day here. For Instance, last month.
peasan WomH IS' we bought IN with serious case
OF dropsy She was hardly able 10 breathe; and l
paiifui Of aud Hardly was I through with this
work when peasant called to take me 70 ms VIE
buggy and after a ride OF about two hours. reached
the hut, where we found the patient Almost pulse
SaSrer and S'N having ing watched her Tor some time
was returning mol nom g m the fhouFh q
a confortabIe bed when. upon my arrival found
a bow from the neighboring factory with crushed
finger. ard in this way an amputation was to crown
This woman's salary as nurse" was so rubes Cs25)
Famine was followed by epldemics Of cholera in
Russia In 1892 and 1898 The want OF physicians
again became evident Doctors and nurses be-
ing looked for and even the services Of students
were welcome Many a student left Paris ana
Switzerland to go home and treat feed and care
for tho starving. suffering moutik. Hand in hand
with the men these women worked with such zeal
and ardor 10 win general recognition.
After the calamity was partly over the muniei-
unrecognized foreign gradua es took It upon them
selves to solicit the admission OF the latter to state
The agitation in favor OF reopenng the medical
success and in 1897 this Institution was again called
into existence though with some LIMITATIONS, one
be over 20 per cent % the whole. and they were In
Besides country positions women hold good
many municipal places especially IN ST. Peters
tory physicians superinten 1ents OF vaccination tn
stitutons and IN great many hospitals as resi-
which the services OF women are valuable is among
the Mahometans OF the Russian domains, whom
s4sa hospo in TashkeHd the Whole stan Of which
made az themselves Known Know There is ONE woman
physician working among the Kalmuks and one
IN AS the silver mines Of Siberia several womsa
medical students and physicians who have been
ssppv 70 70 be allowed to Work there without pay in
order TO render their services to those among whom
they live
ma nd n appears that out OF the 40 woman ply
scian. noted only 1856 were unmarried, q were
Widows. and out Of the lsl married ones ln were
mothers OF ooS children. There are certainly many
more that are married that not mentioned, as
Soma have left practice. so they have not helped
10 break down the family n Russia.
A yeII-known specimen OF Russian art Is a pict-
ure named The Woman Physician" II depicts
hut in which the disorder following an operation
room In bed Is lying bandaged man, evidently
Just operated upon. In the rear are sitting on
bench two women One OF them. In the attire or
plain peasant woman. Is crying the other plainly
dressed, but with energetic face-tne woman
physcian-is embracing the first one and trying 10
console her-the wife OF the patient The painter |
wished 10 bring out the idea that woman pny-
sician though performing her professional duties.