pioneer of Scottish Women's Hospitals abroad
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Elsie Inglis
Submitted by hannahrastall on 2 March 2012 - 11:37am
Revised: 21 February 2014 - 6:57pm — Alison McCall
Title:
Doctor
Dates:
Born 16 August 1864, died 26 November 1917
Elsie Inglis was the daughter of Harriet Thompson, and John Forbes Inglis, magistrate. She attended the Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women and later worked as a house surgeon in the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital for Women in London. After gaining midwifery experience at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin, she set up medical practice in Edinburgh in 1894 in partnership with Jessie McGregor. In 1899 she gained her MBChM from the University of Edinburgh.