The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-08
DOCTORS OF ENGLAND.
SUCCESS OF THE LONDON
 SCHOOL OF MEDICINE,

Sir Arthur Rucker on the Value of the
 Institution to the General Cause of
 Medieal Education.
 A quarter of century ago few en- thusiasts, who were duly sneered at by the general public and by the great ma jOrity of the medical profession, estab- lshed the London School of Medicine for Women, taking for their premises q small house with out-buildngs in Hun ter street The struggle for existence was not an easy one but some medical men of high position. who were inn pressed with the desirability of organi- zing an institution where women could receive first-class medical training, and the few women who were compe- tent to do so volunteered their services, and lectured at the school during it's earlier years. Among the former may be mentioned Dr. Edward Schafer, now professor of physiology in the Universi- ty of Edinburgh. The school increased ill numbers, and the pupils presented themselves at the only examining boards in England which at that time would admit them to examination for degrees; and at the University of Lon don, which is notoriously the most se- were examination in Great Britain, they obtained very high honors. The school has so well prospered that it has been able to erect a most satisfactory group of buildings on the site of several old houses in Hunter street.
 The annual distribution of prizes took place on the 11th inst. Mrs. Gerrett Anderson, one of the pioneers of the movement, presided. Mrs. Anderson has been identified with the school from its foundation, and is now its dean. It must be matter of great satisfaction to her to find that her daughter has fol- lowed in her footsteps and become re- cognized medical practitioner. At the distribution of prizes there was large attendance. The value of the instruc- tion given, the character of the students trained, both commended themselves to the public at large. The governors of the endowed charities of St. Dustan's in the east gave scholarship of sixty pounds year for three years, and other scholarships of equal and some of greater value were also distributed.
 The work of the school has steadily progressed during the past year. A due proportion of those students who have presented themselves for examination have passed, and many of them have accepted important appointments not only in England, but in other parts of the world. Two new appointments of house surgeon and house physician have been made at the Royal Free Hos pital; both have been filled most sue cessfully by women. Abroad, much has been done by the students of the hospital. The South African Hospital commission was partly constituted by Miss Waterson, M. D., and the Hon. Ella Scarlett. and did valuable work. Miss Scarlett received the appointment of medical officer of health to the refu- gee camp, Orange River colony, and a large number of old students have re- ceived public appointments during the year.
 Sir Arthur Fucker, principal of the University of London, observed that the university took a very great interest in womens education, and that for the last twenty-five years he had done all that lay in his power toward the furtherance of the great cause. The university could focus and organize cultivation and intelligence both in men and wo- men, a point which had been much neg lected in higher education in London; but it was not a teaching body. h. struction was leSt to different institu- tions, which thus had an amount of freedom that was absolutely necessary for their beneficial self-development; but the connection between the univer- sity and such institutions as the Medi- cal School for Women was beneficial to both.-Woman's Journal.