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Jul 13 2022

Women can’t be doctors because they’re needed to make tea

“Women’s nerves are too fragile to practice medicine, and they’re needed to make tea.” Where did I find this quote, which in my notes I have attributed to the Journal of the American Medical Association? Usually I’m scrupulous about dates and publications. But it was not an unusual sentiment for the time, which is maybe…

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