Elizabeth Blackwell's Medical Career
"La Maternite Hospital"
There are some facts that aren’t really known about Elizabeth Blackwell. For example, in "La Maternite Hospital" in France, Blackwell had caught an eye infection from one of the children, and ended up not being able to see in that eye and having to use a glass eye. Because of this, she was not allowed to become a surgeon.
Helping Those With "Ship Fever" |
Elizabeth Blackwell spent her spring and summer in 1849 helping out the most ill and crazy Irish immigrants afflicted by “ship fever”, also known as typhus. She was also authorized to observe the patients and medical staff, but they wanted nothing to do with her. She wrote about her experience here, and how typhus affected people which was later honorarily put in the Buffalo Medical Journal.
"The New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children"
Elizabeth Blackwell had founded this infirmary along with her sister, Emily Blackwell, in 1853 in which was called the “New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children”. The hospital shown in the picture had some success and became known for it’s education and services. When it was first opened, it had an entirely female staff, which was part of Blackwell’s pursue in the medical field for women.
Elizabeth Blackwell's Letter to the Baroness
Elizabeth Blackwell sent this letter to Baroness Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron regarding women’s rights and the education of medicine for females, asking the Baroness for support. This letter helped me contemplate what Blackwell had said to Baroness Anne Byron exactly and why she said what was written in the letter.
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