Tag: Medical Act of 1858

“For their own sakes”: The Edinburgh Seven, Surgeon’s Hall Riot, and the fate of English medical women

Mariel TishmaChicago, Illinois, United States “There seems to be practically no doubt now that women are and will be doctors. The only question really remaining is, how thoroughly they are to be educated . . .”—Sophia Jex-Blake, Medical Women: Two Essays1 In 1860s Great Britain, few women could practice medicine. The first was Elizabeth Blackwell.…

December 30, 2021
Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians and their fees

Barry I. HoffbrandLondon, United Kingdom Since Roman times the means of payment for services rendered defined the place certain groups held in society. Thus the Roman historian Tacitus, writing in his Annals (c. AD 113), refers to a law of 210 BC stating that the services of persons exercising the liberal arts (such as philosophers,…

January 30, 2017

“For their own sakes”: The Edinburgh Seven, Surgeon’s Hall Riot, and the fate of English medical women