by writing a thesis on some subject of
original research. If she has taken the Diploma of the Royal Colleges,
it is open to her to sit for the Fellowship in Surgery or Membership
in Medicine. She is also open to election to the Fellowship in
Medicine.

It is extremely difficult to give anything like an adequate idea
of the remuneration to be obtained in medicine, as it varies
tremendously.

The first posts, which are taken soon after qualification, if really
first-rate in the experience which they give, seldom include any
salary at all, though board and lodging are provided. Posts which rank
as slightly inferior to these, but still give a considerable amount of
experience, are often associated with honoraria varying from about L50
to L150 a year, including board and lodging.

(a) If we turn again to our three sub-divisions we find that a
specialist or consultant cannot expect to earn her working expenses
for a good many years. She must have one room at least in a certain
specialist quarter of the town, known as the consultants' area, and
there the rents are usually high, in London about L150 a year, in the
provinces slightly less.

We have already stated that she requires some hospital post; for this
she will receive no remuneration, but if the hospital where she works
has a medical school attached to it, she may expect to get a certain
number of patients through the recommendation of students whom she
teaches at the hospital. There is generally also some teaching at
the hospitals, for which the students pay definite fees. She may also
augment her income by lectures and work of that description. She will
probably find it necessary to write papers on her special branch of
work and on the cases which come under her observation, but for this
she will very seldom be paid. It is, therefore only possible for a
girl with some monetary resources independent of her work, to take up
successfully a special branch of medicine.

If she elect to become a surgeon, a hospital post is an absolute
necessity, and her income will, as in the case of the medical
specialist, be delayed. Eventually, however, if she is successful, it
is greater than that to be obtained on the medical side. The fees are
high, and therefore money can be made more speedily in this branch of
the work. People, however, hesitate as a rule to trust a very young
surgeon, so she will at first get her work chiefly as assistant to
her seniors and must be content to