Elsie Inglis: The Woman with the Torch

education and practical training and responsibility. She recognized that young women doctors in Edinburgh suffered under a serious

ound a maternity hospital of their own. That was her first decision. A committee was formed, and the public responded generously to an appeal for funds." Through the kindness of Dr. Hugh Barbour, a house in George Square was put at the committee's disposal. But Dr. In

nt and general illness as well as maternity patients. After nine years, it was decided to draft the general cases from

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mit resident pupils (nurses and students) to The Hospice for practical instruction in midwifery. She at the same time applied to the University of Edinburgh for recognition as an extramural lect

omen in their hour of need. Single-handed she developed a maternity indoor and district service, training her nurses herself in anticipation of the extension of the Midwives Act to Scotland. Never too tire

ould be met, whatever the expense. She worked at The Hospice with devotion. Though cherishing always her aim of an institution which, while serving the poor, sh

velopment on her return. At Muskegon, Michigan, she found a small memorial hospital, of w

one of her colleagues, in September, 1913, urged her to forgo her

ake it on." A year later, when it seemed inevitable that it must come to an end with her departure for Serbia, those interested in The Hospice passed through deep waters i

by Dr. Inglis have happ

to Scotland, establishing recognized t

f Births Act, making State co-opera

iversity, making an opportunity for midwifery trainin

Hospice to these thre

nized training centres in Scotland, follo

Welfare scheme of Edinburgh, which assists in out-

tish Universities to train women medical students in C

women in Scotland. From this point of view it is of great value to women students,

e perfection which is the seal of pure romance in motherhood. Because of this she cheerfully accepted those cramped and inconvenient flats, reached by the narrow common stair which vanishes past The Hospice door in a corkscrew flight to regions under the roof. Inconvenience and straitened quarters were as nothing, for was not her Nursing Home exactly where she wished it, with the ebb and flow of the High Street at its feet? Dr. Inglis always rejoiced greatly in the High Street, in