Literary and Botanical Medical College of Ohio," which was
afterwards changed to "The Cincinnati Literary and
Scientific Institute and Physio-Medical College." By the aid
of able assistants he conducted this institution for the
benefit of men only, till, in 1851, the students of the
class were between eighty and ninety. From that time to the
present, he has received women into the classes and
demonstrated that they are not only as competent as men to
learn all parts of the science of life, but, in very many
particulars, far better qualified for the practice of the
art of curing disease. The last session of the college was
suspended that he might travel in the country and learn the
disposition of the friends of progress to establish the
institution on a permanent foundation, and is happy to say
that all that seems necessary to that glorious consummation
is the prompt and concentrated effort of a few judicious and
influential ladies and their friends to secure pecuniary
aid.

June 11, 1879, a dispensary for women and children was opened in
Cincinnati, by Drs. Ellen M. Kirk, and M. May Howells, graduates
of the New York College and Hospital for Women. Their undertaking
proving successful, with other ladies of wealth and ability they
soon after established a hospital. November 1, 1881, the
certificate of incorporation[304] was filed in the office of the
secretary of state. The ladies labored unweariedly for the
support of these institutions. At two public entertainments they
realized nearly a thousand dollars. For the establishment of a
homeopathic college they manifested equal earnestness and
enthusiasm. Many of them interested in this mode of practice,
seeing the trials of Dr. Pulte in introducing this new theory of
medicine, determined to help him in building up a college and
hospital for that practice. By one fair they raised $13,500, net
profits, and the Pulte Medical College was established. But the
remarkable fact about these institutions is that after being
started through the labors of women, women appealed in vain for
admission for scholarships for a long time. For a clear
understanding of the matter, and a knowledge of the defense made
in beh