Mr. Sherman to Mr. Buck.
Washington, January 3, 1898.
Sir: I inclose herewith a copy of a letter dated the 28th ultimo, from Dr. J. M. Withrow, dean of the Laura Memorial Woman’s Medical College, of Cincinnati, Ohio, stating that two women graduates of that college, natives of Japan, have been denied by the Japanese Government permission to practice medicine on their return to their native land, the ground for such refusal being, as alleged, that said Government does not admit physicians from the United States to practice in its territory, unless they have been graduated from some few schools in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago.
You are instructed to report to the Department the Japanese rule in this regard in order that Dr. Withrow may be properly advised in the matter.
Respectfully, yours,