Introductory lecture to the class of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania

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A. Ketterlinus, 1859 - 15 páginas

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Página 3 - that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights — among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.
Página 2 - New occasions teach new duties : Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea. Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Página 11 - Principles and Practice of Medicine, Principles and Practice of Surgery, Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, and must also have taken two courses of instruction in Practical Anatomy.
Página 14 - They consider that woman, as a wife and mother, preeminently needs a clear understanding of the functions of the human body and the means of preserving health ; and that high-toned and intelligent female physicians, from their relations to their sex, must be most important instrumentalities in imparting such knowledge, where it is most needed and will do the most good.
Página 14 - ... subject the tender nature of woman •to the hardening influences of a medical life, and crush out of her all those gentle impulses which make her what she is — make a business and trade of her sympathies, and place the knife of the surgeon in the soft hand which was wont only to soothe and comfort. " They find the demand for female physicians wide-spread and increasing, and regard the study and practice of medicine as peculiarly adapted to the nice perceptions of woman, and the tenderness...
Página 2 - ;Let us have God's truth in the measurements — God's truth in everything." Loose observations, unsupported hypotheses, blind adherence to authorities, suflB.ce no longer ; here also, " They must upward still and onward who would keep abreast of truth.
Página 11 - ... prescribe for and visit out-patients, and attend such cases of obstetrics as apply. The dispensary is growing in patronage and influence, and has become a highly Important and profitable portion of work, affording at once material for the clinics and practical instruction to the attendant. REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION 1. The candidate must be not less than twenty-one years of age. 2. Moral character must be known to be unexceptionable. 3. The time of study must include attendance upon at least...
Página 5 - ... suddenly to an entirely new class and new matter of discussion. Mr. Mill's book is in a great measure about wives and their miseries, but the atmosphere in it is not the atmosphere of wedlock. We seem to perceive as we read the presence around the philosopher of an audience totally different from that common mass of humanity which toils along the weary ways of the world...
Página 11 - Models, Drawings, Natural Preparations, Microscopes, and other apparatus. The curriculum of study in this Institution and the requirements for graduation, are in all respects as high as those of the best Medical Schools in this country.

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