1. Elizabeth Hurdon was a British gynecologist and pathologist, considered the first gynecological pathologist.
11 Facts About Elizabeth Hurdon
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Elizabeth Hurdon enrolled in Wesleyan Ladies College in Hamilton, Ontario at the age of 13, graduating five years later with a Mistress of English Literature degree.
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Elizabeth Hurdon was hired in by JHU in 1897 as an assistant gynecologist.
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Elizabeth Hurdon was the first woman in the professional staff of Johns Hopkins Hospital and the faculty of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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Elizabeth Hurdon had her own private practice in Baltimore, Maryland and served on the board of the Evening Dispensary For Working Women and Girls.
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Elizabeth Hurdon was one of 82 women physicians in the Women's Medical Unit, treating casualties from Gallipoli.
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Elizabeth Hurdon worked as a Civilian Surgeon attached to the RAMC.
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Elizabeth Hurdon was appointed first director of Medical Research and Service at the newly formed Marie Curie Hospital in London in 1929.
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Elizabeth Hurdon wrote Cancer of the Uterus, the first book devoted to the treatment of uterine cancer, published posthumously in 1942.
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Elizabeth Hurdon received the Order of Commander of the British Empire on 9 June 1938 and retired from practice in 1939.
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Elizabeth Hurdon died at her home in Exeter in January 1941.