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Sarah Hunt soon fell ill and was unable to recover with the treatment offered by conventional doctors. Dr. Richard Dixon Mott was invited to treat Sarah. It was after this that Hunt began studying medicine under
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article in 1858 criticized her for being "one of the dozen women in the United States who pine because Nature did not make them men." However, Hunt believed that femininity made women especially suited for the medical profession. As she asked, "What could be more delicately feminine, more truly
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had recently been made Dean of the school and initially considered accepting her application. He was heavily criticized by the all-male student body as well as the university overseers and other faculty members, and she was asked to withdraw her application. Shortly after
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