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An "M. D." in Petticoats.

--The following extraordinary notice appears in a Yankee paper:

Miss Mary C. Walker, M. D., who arrived here last week, with orders to report to Dr. Perrin for duty, has been ordered to report to Col. Dan. McCook, commanding a brigade in Jeff. C. Davis' division. She left yesterday for Gordon's Mills, where the brigade is now stationed. The young lady is very pretty, and is said to thoroughly understand her profession.

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