A Medical Wife
Infusum Columbae
Genre: | Letter, Spoof |
Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Gender, Medical Treatment |
Written from the perspective of a physician, who addresses his letter to 'Doctor Punch, Physician to the Infirmary for Aching Sides, &c.', and begins by relishing the 'charming prospect' of medical consultations with 'fair fellow-doctors' instead of 'your obstinate old muffs'. Anticipates the ways in which women doctors will change family life, including their ability to diagnose the illnesses of their husbands. |
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