BLACKWELL (Dr. Elizabeth). The Human Element in Sex: being a medical inquiry into the relation of sexual physiology to Christian morality.1885

London: J. & A. Churchill, Fourth edition, 8vo, 58pp., with half-title, disbound. Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) was a British physician, notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council. Blackwell played an important role in both the United States and the United Kingdom as a social awareness and moral reformer, and pioneered in promoting education for women in medicine. Her contributions remain celebrated with the Elizabeth Blackwell Medal, awarded annually to a woman who has made significant contribution to the promotion of women in medicine. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute with a couple of their neat library stamps.