WOMEN AND SURGERY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 617, 21 September 1909, Page 5

WOMEN AND SURGERY.

TO, EXAMINATIONS. IBy Telcßraph.-Prc»3 Aimbclntlon.-Ootirrlght.l' }-■■ (Roc.. September 20,- 11.40 p.m.). ... , : London, September 20. ';•. Mr." Gladstone,; Homo Secretary', lias approved the decision of tho Royal Collego of Surgeons admitting women for the first time to their exaniinatiojis, to be held in January. ' . ■'.■■"'.' -■■'■■■ :■..■:■■■■■■■■ \-''\: /MEDICAL TRAINING OF WOMEN. Tho decision ; of the . Hoyal College of Surgcons.was arrived at at a., meeting of the Council in London, which resolved:— ■■■•■■"• •■■■'...'.•■'. That steps be.forthwith taken to;admit women to tho examinations of the Conjoint Examining Board in England, anil to the i examination for tho diploma' in public health...: ■-, ■.•.".■ • -•••■ , That women bo admitted to tho examinations for the Fellowship of tho Eoyal Collego of Surgeons, and to tho examinations for tho license in dental surgery. :.;■

Women arts already eligible for.the medical degrees of the University of London, tho Royal University of Ireland, the conjoint examination of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, the Colleges of Physicians and / Surgeons, Bdin-' burgli, the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow (conjoint), the Society of Apothecaries, London, and the University of Durham.