nity. It may be true that if a man will not
work neither shall he eat, but the converse should also be true, that
if a man works he should eat, and at present it is not by any means
always true of the doctor.

(c) Should she decide to enter the public service, she will still
require to take a certain number of posts, especially those dealing
with eyes, ears, and skin, and must also obtain the Diploma of Public
Health. To gain this diploma she will need to devote several months
to post-graduate study in that subject before taking the necessary
examination.

The chief posts at present open in the public service to a woman
are:--

(1) School medical officer, or assistant medical
officer of health.
(2) Assistant medical officer in some asylums
and poor law infirmaries.

There is one woman inspector of prisons who is a medical woman, but
she is not a medical inspector and was not appointed in that capacity.
It is much to be hoped that women prison medical officers will
speedily be appointed on equal terms with their medical colleagues.
The conditions for women prisoners from the standpoint of health are,
at the present time, extremely unsatisfactory.

The tendency is to employ more and more women in the public service,
and therefore the opportunities are likely rapidly to become more
numerous.

The Act, under which medical school inspection was made obligatory,
particularly mentioned the suitability of women for much of this work.
It is therefore becoming usual all over the country to have at least
one woman school doctor, and in some districts there are several on
the staff. This work is not extremely arduous, is free from the heavy
strain of private practice, and, if the school medical officer is
allowed reasonable freedom in her work, may be made of much interest.
It is, however, somewhat monotonous, and has the great disadvantage
that at present the stimulus of promotion is largely absent, as the
higher administrative posts are almost universally in the hands of
men. This is a disadvantage which will also be gradually, perhaps
rapidly removed as the prejudice against women in authority dies down.

After having practised medicine for some years, further degrees
indicating experience are open to the medical practitioner; thus, if
she has taken the Bachelorship of Medicine she may, after the lapse of
three or four years, enter for her Doctorate. This is gained either
by a further examination or