Images of Mary Scharlieb


Date(s) of creation: c. 1908-1926
Level: Series
Format: Archive           

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title Images of Mary Scharlieb
scb_date_creation c. 1908-1926
scb_level Series
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scb_admin_history Dame Mary Scharlieb (1845-1930), was a pioneer female physician in the late 19th-early 20th centuries. She was one of the first four women students at the Madras Medical College. In 1883 she became lecturer in midwifery and gynaecology at the Madras Medical College. From 1187 to 1902 she was surgeon at the New Hospital for Women (later the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital) in London, being a senior surgeon from 1889. In 1887 she was appointed lecturer in forensic medicine to the Royal Free Hospital, in 1889 lecturer on midwifery, and in 1902 chief gynaecologist. She also ran a private practice in England from 1887. She retired from her posts in 1909.
scb_access_status Open
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language English
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