Show women physicians it is interesting to know says the new york ledger that there are about twenty five hundred women in the united states who hold diplomas from medical colleges either american or foreign the first woman doctor is said to be elizabeth blackwill who graduated in 1848 the first one in sweden is karoline who has since been engaged by the thule life insurance company to examine women who wish to insure their lives the physician of the milwaukee county hospital is dr anna mcconnell boston probably has more women doctors in proportion to its population than any other city in walking through the streets one is struck by the signs which read dr mary so and so or dr jane so and so in place of the usual dr john brown or dr henry adams as the case might be |