[The ‘Medical Times’ of the 21st ult. contains a full, true, and particular account of the admission of a young lady, Miss Elizabeth Blackwell, by the General Medical College, in the State of New York, to a physician’s degree. Miss Blackwell had duly attended lectures at the college, and received a formal diploma, under the title of ‘Domina,’ which was the only feminine that the Senate could find for Doctor. ‘Punch’ really thinks this is a case for a copy of verses, which he accordingly subjoins, in honour of the fair M.D.]
Not always is the warrior male,
Nor masculine the sailor;
We all know Zaragossa’s tale,
We’ve all heard ‘Billy Taylor;’
But far a nobler heroine, she
Who won the palm of knowledge,
And took a Medical Degree,
By study at her College.
They talk about the gentler sex