16 APRIL 1864, Page 3

The medical ladies prosper in America. We are told that

Miss Mary C. Walker, M.D., has arrived at Chattanooga, on the medical staff of the Northern army, with orders to report. She is appointed to General McCook's brigade, and is said " thoroughly to understand her profession," and, as the Chattanooga newspapers ominously add, " is very pretty." This tendency to comment on the prettiness of a doctor of medicine is a great danger to these young ladies. Imagine the Lancet stating that the physician just appointed to the Princess of \Vales is a thoroughly scientific and a very handsome man ! While the ladies' looks are put on a level of about equal importance with their professional skill, we fear their professional skill will not be held in very high esteem.