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A ticket proving that Laura Heath Hills is matriculated for the upcoming term at Woman’s Medical College.

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“I’ve finished the eye and I’m up on my ear”: A Female Medical Student’s Life

When students registered and paid their fees at Woman’s Medical College, they were handed matriculation tickets, allowing them entrance to the classes listed on the back.  The matriculation tickets were given out at the beginning of each term.  Individual lectures and clinics often had attendance tickets, which were used to keep track of a student’s attendance.  Report cards also were printed on tickets, although often no grades would be listed – just whether the student passed.

Much like the student schedules online or printed from a computer today, the matriculation card is a record of the classes Laura Heath Hills took.

Creator: Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania

Contributor: Hills, Laura Heath

Language: english

Item Number: a126_010

Pages: 2

Size: 13 x 9.5cm

Physical Collection: Papers of Laura Heath Hills, M.D., 1892-1949, ACC-126

Finding Aid: http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/detail.html?id=PACSCL_DUCOM_WMSC057xml

Link to OPAC Record: http://records.library.drexel.edu/record=b1430258~S9

Cite this source: Title of document, date. A Female Medical Student’s Life: I’ve finished the eye and I’m up on my ear. Doctor or Doctress?: Explore American history through the eyes of women physicians. The Legacy Center, Drexel University College of Medicine Archives & Special Collections. Philadelphia, PA. Date of access. http://lcdc.library.drexel.edu/islandora/object/islandora:1865

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