New Borns
Three Fennec Foxes have been born at TarongaZoo. Normally babies are cuter than the
adults but in this case the 16 inch high smallest canines in the world look
even cuter when they've grown their long ears.
Inspiration
For those who like
blogs of inspirational quotations, Doreen has a new blog that is worth
visiting. (Her followers list is at the
bottom of the postings if you should happen to be looking for it.)
Training to be Doctors
An Indian woman, a
Japanese woman, and a Syrian woman, all training to be doctors at Women’s
Medical College of Philadelphia, 1880s.
A temple at Wat-samphran
Some information from Richard Barrow. It’s most useful if you are visiting Thailand…
“If you go to visit this temple then make sure that you also explore the
grounds. There are also many other giant sculptures of various animals like an
elephant, rabbit, dolphins and another large building in the shape of a tortoise!
There are many hidden treasure here so explore the place thoroughly both upstairs
and downstairs! To find the temple, take Highway 4 from Bangkok. Go past the
Samphran Elephant Ground and the Rose Garden. You will soon go over a large
bridge that crosses the river. A short while later you need to turn left where
you will see a sign that says Police Academy. There is a statue here too. The
small entrance to Wat Samphran is less than halfway down this road on the
right. I have marked it for you on google maps. The next time you are exploring
in Thailand, throw away the guidebook and get off the beaten track!”
An amazing building, and an amazing feat for the three ladies to have become doctors on a different continent from their own, at a time when it was anything but common for women to go to university. I hope they were able to put their knowledge to good use and did not soon afterwards marry husbands who would not allow them to work in their profession.
ReplyDeleteA superb building. We could do with one or two like this over here.
ReplyDeleteI've recently read a story about a surgeon James Barry. Being born as Margaret Ann Bulkley, this doctor pretended to be a man during all his life - women were not allowed to study medicine...
ReplyDeleteI believe she is not alone ibn being a woman who took on a male role in order to go to university and study or do medicine. A marvellously brave thing to do.
Deletethat was really a courageous thing of Margaret to do! as for the others, I can't imagine their culture even allowing them to travel let alone go to college.
DeleteI wonder if children experience fear when seeing this building?
I do enjoy the variety of tidbits you serve up to your readers. :)
There was a woman doctor (sadly name escapes me for the moment) who served as an army surgeon in the American Civil War in the 1960's. No one suspected anything until the poor woman died, and they discovered she was a woman ...
DeleteI love all these little snippets of information.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it nice to be able to relive history through old photos? Three women from different countries all pursuing the same goal. I didn't even realise that women were allowed to study to become doctors from so long ago.
Woman were just beginning to get into the universities and medical schools in the Western world thanks to the pioneering efforts of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (in th3e UK) and Elizabeth Blackwell (in the USA). Their stories are well worth reading. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson got into medicine because her father took the authorities to court but as soon as she was admitted they 'closed the loophole' which had allowed women in so as to stop any further women from qualifying.
DeleteA diverse offering of varied items. Very informative, John! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHank
Whoo, that temple looks like it came right out of a fantasy film... And the same could almost be said for that little creature with the big ears ;)
ReplyDeleteWow, I can only imagine how difficult is was for those women. It's so nice that there is a photo of them on record. They paved the way for other women for sure. OMG that building is fantastically out of this world. It looks like something out of a Japanese monster movie.
ReplyDeleteHOLY CATS! What a cool building!!! That'll give me dreams, for sure! Also - surprised you haven't posted about them finding King Richard III's bones under a parking lot - it's all the rage over here on the news!
ReplyDeleteI taped the programme last night but I haven't watched it yet.
DeleteI love the pic of the women doctors. They truly were pioneers! Just walking around in those clothes would be a challenge, but taking care of patients in them would double the challenge! I love that temple...it would be so fun to explore it but I probably would just stand there forever looking at the dragon on the outside..amazing. When I was a child, my Dad always would take us on an adventure off the main road..he said everyone should see how the world really lives, not just the tourists attractions..we saw some fun things and learned so much on vacations.
ReplyDeletelove the pic of the three women training to be doctors. and the temple! wow! and of course, thank you so much for mentioning my new blog. so sweet of you.
ReplyDeleteGood grief! What a strange temple! Glad the three women made it as doctors. Seems to me there are still far more men doctors than women.
ReplyDeleteWell, CJ, your posts are always interesting and informative but you've really hit the jackpot with this one.
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