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CHAPTER III

STUDY IN AMERICA

1847

Searching for a College—Application to Colleges of Philadelphia
and New York—Interviews with Professors—Anatomical
Study with Dr. Allen—Lectures at Dr. Warrington's—Application
to other Schools—Joyful Result—Life at College—Residence
in Blockley Almshouse—Graduation 58


CHAPTER IV

STUDY IN EUROPE

1849

Glimpse of the Black Country—Visit to Medical Institutions
of Birmingham—Stay in London—Fashionable Life—Visits:
to Dr. Carpenter, to Professor Owen, to St. Thomas's
Hospital, to Dr. Wilkinson—Leave for Paris—Descriptive
Letters—Interview with Lamartine—Interview with Police
Official, with M. Louis—Difficulties to be overcome—Political
Troubles in Paris—Entrance into La Maternité—Severe
Life there—Friendship with the Interne—A Sortie
and Hypnotic Séance—Serious Accident—Visit to Gräfenberg—Life
there—First Patient—Study in London—Admission
to St. Bartholomew's—Visit to Rev. Dr. Leifchild—Hospital
Experiences—Medical Scepticism awakens—Letter
to Dr. S. H. Dickson—Social Relaxation—Woman's Rights
Movement in the United States—Visit to Miss Nightingale—Visit
to Lady Byron—Opening of the Great Exhibition—Anxious
Discussion as to remaining in England—Farewell
Visits—Last Days in England 96


CHAPTER V

PRACTICAL WORK IN AMERICA

1851

Settlement in New York—First Medical Consultation—Lectures
on the Physical Education of Girls—Formation of Independent
Dispensary—Quaker Help—Incorporation of the