THE WOMAN DOCTOR.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16642, 26 January 1922, Page 9

THE WOMAN DOCTOR.

At the recent opening of the October term of the London (Royal Free Hospital) School of Medicine for Women, in Brunswick Square, attention was drawn by one of the lady speakers to tho fact that no profession offered greater opportunities for the development of character, useful service, and original research than medicine, states tho “Queen.” Women hare for a ion gtiine past shown that the study of medicine has made a strong appeal to them, and women doctors are to be found to-day on the staffs of most of the great hospitals, while many others have whrft, to put ii mildly, may be termed quite .respectable practices. The war, too, afforded numerous opportunities for them to show their worth, of which they took full advantage, ninni of them losing their lives in their heroic efforts to save the sick and wounded ori the various battle fronts, and as time goes on there is no doubt that their work will be even more widely known and appreciated than, it is- The above mentioned speaker also made a point when she exhorted her audience to read widely, and to keep in touch with the affairs of the world, for she probably had in mind the fact that the ordinary patient is largely swayed by the medical attendant who can talk intelligently and sympathetically, and show himself or herself to be a human being as well as a person of science. She also very wisely laid it down that attention should be paid to appearance and manners, both of which again have an important part to play in a sick room, when the patient/s fancies are often on edge and n soothing effect ran lie produced by brightness and cheerfulness.