And also like the Princess, it was
“through many a weary moon
She learned the craft of healing.”
[50]. “Medicine as a Profession for Women.” Address by Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell, delivered Dec. 2, 1859.
[51]. Miss Blackwell was of English birth and family, but had come to Cincinnati at the age of twelve.
[52]. Dr. Robert Weir.
[53]. Miss Blackwell earned money by several years’ work at school teaching, the great resource of American girls.
[54]. “It was the first time that a unanimous vote was ever cast in the board.”—Personal letter from Dr. Blackwell.
[55]. Especially St. Bartholomew, through the influence of Dr., afterwards Sir James, Paget.
[56]. The “ancient and modern languages,” comprised Latin, Greek, French, German, and Italian,—an unusual list of accomplishments for a self-taught, Western bred girl of those days. Miss Blackwell particularly charmed Dr. Simpson by translating for him into English (or Scotch) some Latin versions of old Arabic medical treatises.