Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-24


only. and then only through his
column.
residents in hospitals and as
practicing physicians.
II wasn't long ago that when
a girl decided 10 study medicine
the family and friends regarded
II as a kind OF disgrace.
THOSE days are gone. In
class of medical students the
hen medic as she has been
known from time immemorial,
meets a far higher character
OF male companions than the
roughnecks Of a few decades
ago.
She is treated in all the medi-
cal classes with which ! am
acquainted with the respect and
courtesy due her position.
The medical course is so long
that the age Of the students is
older and about a quarter 10 a
half the class is married. so the
hen medic" finds herself in a
social group that is half femi-
nine.
In the senior class of the medi-
cal school where | teach there
are SIX women out of a class
of 70. Twenty years ago one
would have stood out and prob
ably have been the butt OF not
too gentle jokes
A CCORDING 10 TAB. there
are 81 women internes this
year out of a total of 244 at
Bellevue Hospital. New York.
Bellevue pays them SlS a
month. plus room, food and
laundry. This is a small salary
comparatively. but Bellevue can
afford TO pay a small salary on
account Of the prestige attached
TO it with its large number Of
patients and excellent teaching
staff.
] know many hospitals not
quite so well known or as large.
|. but where the experience is ex-
celIent. where the woman doc
tor gets $50 10 SIS during her
inferno year and $50 during the
advanced year of residence.
A s TO the capabilities Of the
woman doctor, so far as my
experience goes. they are up to
and often beyond the average
man medical student. They have
selected the career because they
are Vitally interested IN II and
that, added even TO average in
telligence. makes for a more
than average student
During the next few years
the woman doctor will come
into her own. The army and
navy have made most generous
offers TO medical students. They
are practically all Of draft age.
of course. but they are allowed
TO complete their course and
also complete one year of hos
pital interneShip before they en-
ter service with the rank Of first
lieutenant.
But the year or two OF resi-
dence which follows the inferno
year is closed 10 them for the
emergency. and here the woman
doctor has the greatest chance
of all time. a dozen hospitals
known 10 me are clamoring for
residents.
Several hospitals in the coun-
try are stated by women and
all the surgery is done by them.
QUESTIONS. ANSWERS
r. will a lack Of water
eventually cause inflammation
of the kidney? | drink less than
half glass OF water a day, pre-
ferring a substitute when thirsty
coffee. tea, cola water and fruit
juices. j realize all of them
contain water. but | have no
way of gauging the amount.
Answer If any one is really
suffering from lack OF water II
does harm many places before
il hits the kidneys. II makes
no difference where the body
gets its Waterfront coffee,
fruit juices or where.
You can safely turn the
gauging of the amount of water
you drink over 10 nature. No
sensation of the body is such a
delicate indicator of what is
needed as thirst.
Doctor Clendening has seven pamphlet,
which can ne obtained bv readers Zach
pamphlet sells for 10 cents. For any one
pamphlet desired send 10 cents In coin
and seN-addressed envelope STAMPED
with Scent stamp. 10 Or. Logan Glen.
dening IN care ~ this paper The
pamphlets are. Three Weeks Reducing
Diet" Indigestion ana Constipation. "
Reducing and Gaining" Infant Feed
ing Instructions for the Treatment
OF Diabetes % Feminine Hygiene" and
The Care 81 the Hair and Skin
When the Princess Put On n
Magic Ring Strange Things