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Title: The Mysteries of Montreal: Being Recollections of a Female Physician

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Summary: "The Mysteries of Montreal: Being Recollections of a Female Physician" by Charlotte Führer is a memoir that likely dates back to the late 19th century. This work details the personal and professional experiences of the author, a female physician in Montreal, as she recounts various striking and astonishing events she witnessed throughout her three decades of practice. The book aims to shed light on the complexities of life in Montreal during that era, often focusing on women's issues, social challenges, and moral dilemmas. The opening of the book introduces us to the narrator's early life, beginning with her experiences as a governess in Hamburg and her subsequent marriage to Gustav Schroeder. As they migrate to America in search of prosperity without success, the narrator resolves to pursue a career as a physician, particularly in midwifery, determined to provide care that was typically reserved for male practitioners at the time. Upon her arrival in Montreal, she begins to establish herself professionally but is soon drawn into a series of compelling narratives involving her patients, including tales of love, deception, and societal judgment that illustrate the struggles and resilience of women in her community. By sharing these experiences, she not only seeks to document her practice but also to offer lessons on morality and the consequences of one's actions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 59.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Author: Führer, Ch. (Charlotte), 1834-1907

EBook No.: 8443

Published: Jul 1, 2005

Downloads: 169

Language: English

Subject: Women physicians -- Fiction

Subject: Montréal (Québec) -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

This edition has images.

Title: The Mysteries of Montreal: Being Recollections of a Female Physician

Credits: Text file produced by Robert Prince, Juliet Sutherland, Charles
Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
HTML file produced by David Widger

Summary: "The Mysteries of Montreal: Being Recollections of a Female Physician" by Charlotte Führer is a memoir that likely dates back to the late 19th century. This work details the personal and professional experiences of the author, a female physician in Montreal, as she recounts various striking and astonishing events she witnessed throughout her three decades of practice. The book aims to shed light on the complexities of life in Montreal during that era, often focusing on women's issues, social challenges, and moral dilemmas. The opening of the book introduces us to the narrator's early life, beginning with her experiences as a governess in Hamburg and her subsequent marriage to Gustav Schroeder. As they migrate to America in search of prosperity without success, the narrator resolves to pursue a career as a physician, particularly in midwifery, determined to provide care that was typically reserved for male practitioners at the time. Upon her arrival in Montreal, she begins to establish herself professionally but is soon drawn into a series of compelling narratives involving her patients, including tales of love, deception, and societal judgment that illustrate the struggles and resilience of women in her community. By sharing these experiences, she not only seeks to document her practice but also to offer lessons on morality and the consequences of one's actions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 59.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Author: Führer, Ch. (Charlotte), 1834-1907

EBook No.: 8443

Published: Jul 1, 2005

Downloads: 169

Language: English

Subject: Women physicians -- Fiction

Subject: Montréal (Québec) -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.