Born Dublin shortly before her parents moved to London. 1929 the family moved to Kent. With difficulty (due to her gender) she managed to gain a place to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh, where she excelled. A professor of medicine, she because a world world authority on the liver. Died in London.
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Dame Sheila Sherlock
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Sheila Sherlock
Dame Sheila Sherlock, MD, FRS, 1918 - 2001, world authority on the liver, pro...
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Association of Women Pharmacists
The Pharmaceutical Journal has "a short history of pharmacy and women".
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Hunt's House at Guy's Hospital
Another, partial, view of this building here. Â Dates approximate.
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Edmund Alexander Parkes
Born Oxfordshire. In Burma with the army he investigated cholera and dysentery.
1 memorial
Hermann Michael Biggs
Born USA. Worked with cholera, tuberculosis and typhus, particularly in New York.
1 memorial
Chelsea Hospital for Women
Set up in a house at 178 King's Road, this hospital, like many at the time, quickly found its premises too small. It moved into the first hospital to be built dedicated to gynaecological diseases, ...
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