Illustration of a “Student Dissecting a Leg” on the cover of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 16 April 1870
Courtesy National Library of Medicine
Women training to become physicians was a topic of popular discussion and debate throughout the 19th century. In April 1870, the popular Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper published an article about the New York Medical College for Women. The illustrations that accompanied the article included this image of a female student dissecting a leg, students in an anatomy lecture, and students in a general lecture hall.
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