Automatic Writing. V
A. C. Clark · BMJ · 1894
the number of ladies in th'e medical profession in the United Kingdom had risen from 8 to 135.The resolution was seconded by Mrs. Garrett Anderson, who was a member before 1878, and it was carried almost unanimously.It should be added that before the date of the meeting at Nottingham, a resolution asking the Coimcil to reconsider the rule excluding women had been adopted by the Sydniey and New South Wales Branch, and that similar resolutions had been formulated by the Melbourne and Victoria Branch, the Adelaide and South Australia Branch, and the Cape of Good Hope Branch.At the annual meeting at Newcastle this year, on August 2nd, the By-laws of the Association were altered, by a unani- mous vote, by expunging the words limiting the power of the Council and branch councils "to the election of male per- sons" only.Female persons were thus formally rendered eligible for election.Advantage has since been taken of the new state of things, and the General Secretary informs us that the Association now numbers among its members the fol- lowing fully qualified ladies: