TY - JOUR T1 - LEtter from london. AU - G. O. M. Y1 - 1889/03/09 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1889.02400870034013 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 358 EP - 359 VL - XII IS - 10 N2 - (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)An English Lady Defends her Thesis before the Paris Faculty—The British Army Medical Department—The Metropolitan Hospital Sunday Fund— Bee-stings in Rheumatism—The Action of Hydrobromate of Ulexine—The British Dental Association—The Children's Fête—Saccharin—The Pasteur Institute.Miss Blanche Edwards, daughter of a deceased English doctor settled in Paris, publicly defended her thesis for the degree of Doctor of Medicine a short time ago. The subject she had chosen was " Hemiplegia in Diseases of the Nervous System." As the degree has not been frequently conferred on women by the Paris faculty, a large number of spectators filled the hall. Miss Edwards was congratulated by Professor Charcot, who admitted that she had passed her examinations in a specially brilliant manner, but did not clearly see what return she could expect for her conscientious labors. He asked her what she proposed to do? Her reply was, " I mean to attend all sick SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1889.02400870034013 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1889.02400870034013 ER -