"We have," he said, "two degrees of Doctor to take; one theoretical, the other practical.

Between the first and the second, we practise in the hospitals, as you see.

But the prelates who control our studies, will not allow a doctor to be present at a confinement until he has passed his second, or practical examination.

They are afraid of our being scandalized.

We obtain our practical knowledge of midwifery by practising upon dolls.