ABSTRACT
This expression of opinion from two men of eminent authority lD the London University will not fail to have great weight on the question.
bnted the j)rizes at the annua.l gathering of this institution, in Henrietta Street, Brunswick Square. The statement of the Dean showed that the classes in the various subjects had been well attended since the foundation of the institution in October, 1874. and that every facility was afforded to female students to gain in the school a sound medical education, its only drawback being the necessarily somewhat prolonged curriculum. Notwithstanding the strenuous efforts that had been made for the accom~lishment of that o~iect, it had hitherto been found Impossible to gain admission for the students in any hospital containing the number of patients requisite to enable them to comply with the regulations of the legally-constituted examining bodies. The prizes were then distributed as follows:-Botany. anatomy, comparative anatomy, surgery, and physiology, Miss Shove; chemistry, materia medica. and practice of medici~e, Miss Kel·. Certificates of honour were awarded in the various branohes to Misses 'Vaterton, Clark, Shove, Butler, Ker, Bartholomew, and Hammond, and Mrs. Hart. Mrs. Hammond further gained Mr. Hart's scholarship of £25 per annum. On the conclusion of the distribution the meeting was addressed by the Right Hon. James Stansfeld, M.P. He said that the question of the right of women to practice medicine was one of great national importance, placing a double obligation on the Government, and he should not allow
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