Note 131 — Chapter XXI · THE ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL
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The following interesting letter shows that Sir James Paget’s attitude at this time was not that of a partisan but of a just man:
“1, Harewood Place,
Hanover Square, W.
Feb 26. 1877.
Dear Mr. Stansfeld,
I intend to go, if possible, to the Meeting of the University Senate on Wednesday that I may vote against hindering the entrance of Women into the Medical Profession. I think them sadly mistaken in wishing for it, but I see no sufficient grounds on which they can justly or usefully be excluded.
Believe me most truly yours,
James Paget.
The Rt. Honble. James Stansfeld, M.P.”