CO129-286 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black Governor Sir Blake & Public Offices - 1898 [11-12] — Page 97

Can

8.

only go half way

As to the employ- women doctors I objection thereto,

ment of

can see no

that the

but considering most pure and the most

virtuous women in Euro-

pean countries

are

nearly

always attended by male

doctors for the

many

inter

nal ailments to which wo-

men are

subject and which

necessitate close examina_ tion and touch, I, in no

way,

way;

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believe that Chinese~

prostitutes have a stronger feeling of delicacy on this subject. On the contrary~ when the Contagious Diseases

Act was

suspended here the

women used voluntarily to betake themselves for

nation.

exami

I have the honour to be,

Sir, Your Most Obedient Humble Servant,

Mach

Major General, Administering the Go=

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vernment