Medical women : two essays / by Sophia Jex-Blake.

  • Jex-Blake, Sophia, 1840-1912.
Date:
1872
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Credit: Medical women : two essays / by Sophia Jex-Blake. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MEDICINE AS A PEOFESSION FOE WOMEN. “ The universe shall henceforth speak for you And witness, She who did this thing, was born To do it; claims her license in her work. And so with more works. Whoso cures the plague, Though twice a woman, shall be called a leech.” “ Aurora Leigh ” It is a very comfortable faith to hold that “ what- ever is, is best,” not only in the dispensations of Providence, but in the social order of daily life ; but it is a faith which is perhaps best preserved by careful avoidance of too much inquiry into facts. The theory, if applied to past as well as to present times, would involve us in some startling contradictions, for there is hardly any act, habit, or custom which has not been held meritorious and commendable in one state of society, and detestable and evil in some other. If we believe that there are eternal principles of right and wrong, wisdom and equity, far above and greater than the “ public opinion” of any one age or country, we must acknowledge the absolute obligation of inquiring, whenever matters of im- portance are at stake, on what grounds the popular B