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any other feeling in the Women, for they wait
to be told whether they shall respect my professional
services as not - and more than this, with
the firm conviction that the old system of drugging,
is, on the whole, more injurious than beneficial,
and that only in the minority of cases, can I by
that means cure disease - The heresies of medicine
do not aid me - they are developing valuable
but partial truths. I am in the position in
which many women will soon find themselves,
when they have passed through the comparatively
easy course of preliminary study, & have the
enormous difficulties of practice & prejudice
to contend with. Now it is essential for the
welfare of my undertaking, that the practice of
the first acknowledged woman physician, should
be eminently successful - I must cure disease
more surely than any brethren - for this purpose,
I must call in agents which they neglect,
but in which I have unbounded faith - air,
food, diet, exercise, & mental influences must
aid me. I want much to introduce into practice
the active & passive movements of Ling (Kivesipathy)
which will prove valuable aids, to the physician -
It therefore seems to me clear, that I must open