Woman's work in the field of medicine.

  • College of Midwifery (New York, N.Y.)
Date:
1883
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Credit: Woman's work in the field of medicine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    and your children ? She replied, I am too weak to take in washing-, and I do not know enough about sewing- to make my living at that, and [with a smile] so I shall become a midwife. I've had five children myself, and I think I ought to know some- thing about the matter. Sure enough, a few days afterward the physician observed as he passed by the all-too-frequent sign Hebamme swinging before her door. Midwives are necessary, because in many cases among the robust poor no attention on the part of the physician is de- manded, and because the midwife for a trifling sum will attend to the mother and child from the time the patient is confined until she is again able to look after her household affairs. Yet a midwife holds an extremely responsible position, and the knowledge demanded of her should be such as to convince a competent board of examiners that she knows not only how to manage a normal labor, but above all when to send for a physician and icihat to do pending the arridal of tJie physician. The Medical Record, June 30, 1888. The College op Midwifery op New York. At the completion of the first annual course in this institution nine candidates presented themselves for examination. Of these, seven passed very cieditably and two were rejected. The following are the names of the graduates in the order of their merit: Katie E. Vanderbilt, Marie Mount, Annetta Meyer, Kathrine Mergel, Bridget A. Mullady, Rosina Stuhlfauth, The- resa Hall. The standard of requiremoDts for midwives is high, the examinations are impartially made by a board of censors, and the school is destined to be a success. The New York Medical Journal^ July 7, 1883. The College op Midwipery. At the close of its first session, the College of Midwifery, de- signed for the education of midwives, recently granted diplomas to the following-named pupils: Katie E. Vanderbilt, Marie Mount, Annetta Meyer, Kathrine Mergel, Bridget A. Mullady, Kosina Stuhlfauth, Theresa Hall. Out of a class of nine, two failed to pass the examination. The lady whose name heads the