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Excerpt from Gertrude Mason Parlor elegantly furnished - two chairs: Enter Hilton from left, Vaughn following. Hilton: - (from out-side) "Come in James; this is an unexpected pleasure; be seated." (both sit; Vaughn at right.) "It has been along time since I saw you; not since I was at Banchester, three years ago." Vaughn: - 'Yes, I really believe it has been three years.' Hilton: - "We grow old so rapidly, it would be better to see each other occasionally, that we may not forget." Vaughn: - "I think it is out of the question for you and I to forget each other; but to tell you the truth James, you are getting to be so old and homely, it is more disagreeable to look at you, than you may think." Hilton: - "I acknowledge it now; but when we were young and at college together, you where in the shade. But I am not going to quarrel with you if you are a little better looking now, as it never troubled you when I was at the head." Vaughn: - "Why do you think it did not trouble me? I have thought seriously of murdering you at several different times, but I am thankful that I did not; for now I have the sweet satisfaction of being best looking." Hilton: - "I acknowledge it. Say, by the way, did your son, Ernest, accompany you to the city?" Vaughn: - "No, he is coming this week." Hilton: - "Ernest is still unmarried I presume?" About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

As an exciting, challenging, and for some, repulsive, novelty and phenomenon, the medical woman was fictionalised swiftly in the second half of the nineteenth century. This volume reproduces literary examples which explore the many facets of women’s entry into the medical profession, and their experiences once qualified. This volume broadens literary and cultural understanding of female doctors through the selection of sources which are less well-known or more difficult to find, as well as considering global examples or contexts. By including sources which reveal both supportive and derogatory assessments, and by male and female authors, a wide range of opinions regarding women’s efficacy as medical practitioners are considered. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, this title will be of great interest to students of Women's History and the History of Medicine.