CHAPTER XVII.
FEMALE PHYSICIANS.
Within a few years past, schemes have been devised for introducing females into the general practice of medicine. The plan originated in our own country, and it is supposed to be the first time in the history of the world that such an enterprise has been undertaken; and from present appearances, the plan is not likely to be followed anywhere else. To the credit of that sex be it said, the scheme did not originate with them, but was contrived and set on foot by men. There are always misanthropic individuals who are constantly at war with the established institutions of society, who would, if they could, reverse the order of nature. It is from that class of unstable, fickle-minded men, whose ambition far exceeds their merits, that this movement emanated; and when the honest men whose aid has been fraudulently obtained shall discover their
