Mr. Adee to Mr. Terrell.
Washington, July 28, 1893.
Sir: Miss Mary Pierson Eddy has presented to the Department her diplomas and certificates, duly authenticated, attesting her competence to practice medicine and surgery. These documents the Department has authenticated in accordance with its usual custom, and later they will be presented to you for the additional attestations of your legation, to give them validity within Turkish jurisdiction, so that Miss Eddy may practice her profession therein. The characters of the institutions issuing these documents is all that could be desired in the United States, and when they are fully attested, as they will be after you have placed on each the seal of your legation, they should, and, in the Department’s judgment, no doubt will be accepted by the Turkish authorities as evidence of Miss Eddy’s ability to follow her profession.
[Page 651]I refer to only one of these documents specifically, and that is the license issued to Miss Eddy by the regents of the University of the State of New York granting her authority to practice medicine and surgery. The high character and standing of that university is a sufficient guaranty of Miss Eddy’s professional knowledge, and you will do everything you properly can to secure her recognition by the Turkish authorities.
It is understood that Miss Eddy has already taken her departure for Europe and the continent.
I am, etc.,
Acting Secretary.