New-York tribune., 1910-01-17
QUEEN A DOCTOR
.,;,olefh of Belgium Holds a
n;,,loma as Physician.

,be brentwood Company
JCopsTiEha... ho,s, Of Belgium, IKE Cuee"
queer n.l' - ~ Portugal, is a fuil neogeo
Mare and entitled to prac'ise .e, a. go, -
pHssi1'@..5 a56 the mystic letters NJ
$50 y she holds diploma Oh uoe,O1
Der nasne. conferred upon her oy the
Of nasS'.-.' n I.eipsic. after passing 'le
Universe n,inations Mention mas al
necsssals --ase of the fact that she was
reads Vee ,,ost skilled assistants OF heF
one Of - late Duke Charles Theodore
tstlfl' celebrated as an ocuilsl'
q h@s9.a~ hs.r~ bss been said, so far as nave
81 hol'--,s beinr not only able but also
ses.- .,lr qualified, to perform opel a'Ioa-' s.'-
onlO,~,. nculist. and also as an orainars Sul
s . = i perfectly true that she mas nor
gees. r,r,e her marriage, but the eA-
pTaeA'sN -t;cb she gained through her
psIie'u,'es -,,-b medical studies and through
FeTy '.'e,Na - assistant 10 her father ooth
hfI "0-@ "0n,f.ssion as an oculist and IN the
in m - of Lis free hospital and dis
ulaiiSse'',,. ul.. !. Ereuth. has enabled her to ac-
penss.' -, good in her role as a very
coalp''s' ness Of the various hospitals
.,a,arous institution IN brusseIs-
sc .. o,sea Marie Amelie's excellent Work
.. ,o,s If her adoption. where she mas
% ~ - much 10 sbate the raVages OF
esis zrbjch is ore Of the most cruel
slg''.--- - Lisbon. subjecting both herseIf
saellso- eos 70 anti-toxtn incubation, IN
SIC "s. -er,ove the popular prejudice
eFus' .his fo-rn Of preventive, mention
ssai'.-- -.,,-,l1 heen made in these letters
has fesss '.-,,,,,ic nest was restricted to rela-
- few cases in Lisbon, instead OF De-
~. = endemic there. as was iearea' IL
20 mainly 10 Queen Marie Anleils'
"~S is.lf rursed one OF the hospit6
.--.-..,,s who succumbed 10 me h'alady'
- z-bile endesvoring to i9iieNe It's
co.. Indeed. queen Marie Amelie has
,r-,,h good IN this way. Desldes
- srdoving. organizing and per-
-,snsginE all sorts of Institutions
80, -,,isf NJ suffering. that Sne ought
u u -, i5olized By the Portuguese, in
ss of heing abused as foreigner III
80 n understanding or atpreciatlng
them. ,-,-., +,,, 80
= ,hst prosperous kingdom are in
-, lar fhe wonderful institutions for
= .i.,a which she created in various
-, ~ her husband doninions. where
- of the eve are very frequent.
-. shs has no medical degrees, she has
-. tborogEh study Of everything re-
- =. anbrha lnology. in addition TO
-, she knows all about the manage
-.s-- q, hospitals. and especially about the
-.rs,g fr the wounded. holding. indeed. a
s,,i,r,s &c Z trained army nurse
rus is 2 distinction shared by Queen
tiesucr Of Bulgaria, who as Irincess or
psuss xss in personaI charge Of the hos
-,,sf train out in Manchuria throughout
ne rsr between Japau and Russia. and
--so since her marriage 10 King Ferdinand
bss started al sorts of philanthrop,c en-
tsrnrises. including institutions for the
Mind and for crippled children at Sofa, as
reH as q scheme Of visiting nurses, who
osre for the poor in childbirth and il sick
ness in their oEn homes. without renuneTa-
Inn Il would he difficult, indeed. TO find
on any throne or in any niche of history
fsgr more useful queens-queens who have
6one mere 10 relieve suffering among their
fellow creatures-than Elizabeth OF Bel
GUM. Marie Amelie of Portugal, Elizabeth
of Rumauis and Eleanor Of Bulgaria.