Women Physicians Abroad

The Journal de Q-eneve lately anDounced tliat among the :i;i student in the üniversity of Berne there are twenty vvoinen pursuing the regular course tor thedegree of Doctor of Medicine. This aniversttj has just conferred thedegree of l'h. I). upon Mlle. Lina Berger, of the Grand Dachy of Baden, who passed au exceedingly biilliant examination. two other ladies, onean Auierican theotber ai) Austrian, took the degree. of M. 1). at the sanie time. Uut even in places where we least expect it are the woinen slovvly gaining in honor and power. The University of Helsingford, in Finland, lor example. Las conferred thedegree ofM. I)., af ter "a verv rigid examination, upon Mlle. Ileykel. This is the flrst Finland woman so honored, and the occasion was duly noted. A grand ovation was given to the gradúate by her fellow students, who at the same time opened a subscription among the peoule of IFelsingford for a fund to es tablisli a scholarship in the universit lor yoiing Finnish woinen who desire to become pliysicians or surgeons. The -Rosine Heykel Fund," tlnis far, s n a tlourishing condition.