The human element in sex : a consideration of facts in relation to the physical and mental organisation of men and women, addressed to students of medicine / by E. Blackwell.

  • Blackwell, Elizabeth, 1821-1910.
Date:
1880
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Credit: The human element in sex : a consideration of facts in relation to the physical and mental organisation of men and women, addressed to students of medicine / by E. Blackwell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    serious and national evil results from the thoughtless treatment of the poor. In dispensary and hospital, and wherever medical assistance is rendered to the ex- posed and helpless classes, the first duty of a Christian is to respect personal modesty, or to instil it if the habit has been lost Every physician, man or woman, is bound to cherish with reverence, the ofreat con- servative principle of society, feminine modesty and self-respect. This is a point on which the medical practitioner cannot avoid a moral responsibility. Phy- sicians are the special guardians of health from infancy onward. They possess the means of acquiring the fullest knowledge of the double elements of human nature—the inter-action of mind and body. From their culture, their social position, and the authority which they legitimately exercise, the weighty responsi- bility of rightly guarding the human faculties rests chiefly upon them. In all those points where the physical health of a nation is inseparably connected with its moral health, they are more responsible than any other class of the community, for the moral condition of their country. All medical advice, and all medical measures must therefore be guided by the positive fact that human sev differs from brate sex, in the possession of a mental element which is capable of elevating and con- trolling it, and which must never be lost sight of in dealing with human beings.