... utterly repugnant to her tastes and habits. She had a peculiar and extreme aversion to anything connected with the sick-room, or with the human body in its infirmities. Even the ordinary physical sciences were uncongenial to her. Metaphysics and moral philosophy, the abstract sciences, accorded far more with her inclinations. Pressed upon her, however, as a question for conscientious consideration, and, with ... enter the service of the army were highly valued. In the personal qualities as well as professional methods of the Drs. Blackwell, the intellectual element decidedly predominate...

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