1884

Battle in Paris over eligibility of women to compete for coveted internships (Blanchist and Anti-Blanchist factions) results in admission of Augusta Klumpke and Blanche Edwards in 1885 (Bonner, 72-73). Roman Catholic “Holy Office” issues prohibition of teaching of craniotomy in Catholic medical schools (J. Ryan, 480). August Forel appointed first deputy director then director (Forel, 137-8) of Burghölzli, replacing Hitzig, who was engaged in prosecuting the previous steward, Schnurrenberger, “the evil spirit of the asylum” (Forel, 124ff.).