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Boston, January 1, 1850. It was not without pain that
I left the Lowells. They are extremely estimable
people, and I have really a sisterly affection
for them. But my little woman doctor, Miss Hunt,
practically carried me off by force. I had not much
inclination for the visit, but it turned out much
better than I expected. In the first place, it was
amusing to become better acquainted with this very
peculiar individual. People may have better manners,
more tact, and so on, but it would be impossible
to have a better heart, more feeling for the
best interests of mankind, and on the whole more
practical sagacity. She is of a Quaker family, and
with that determined will and energy which belongs
to the Quaker temperament, she early resolved to
open both for herself and her sex a path which she
considered it important that women should pursue,
and toward which she felt herself drawn in an
especial manner. She, therefore, together with a
younger sister, took private instructions from an
able and well-disposed physician; and she has now,
for her sister is married, been in practice twelve
years as a physician of women and children, acquiring
the public confidence and laying up property (as for
instance the house in which she lives, a frugally
furnished but excellent house, is her own), and,
as I heard from many, aiding a great
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