Maude E. Abbott

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Authors/collaborators
Title
Maude E. Abbott
Abstract
Maude Elizabeth Abbott (1869-1940), one of the first women to obtain a BA from McGill University, received her M.D., C.M. from Bishop's University in 1894 and became a world-famous expert on congenital heart disease. In 1897 Abbott opened an independent clinic in Montreal dedicated to treating women and children, focussing on the nature of heart disease, especially in newborn babies. In 1898, she was appointed Assistant Curator at the McGill Pathological Museum, becoming curator 1901. After a short stint as a Lecturer in Pathology at McGill in 1910, she returned to the university as an Assistant Professor in 1925. She retired in 1936.
Book Title
The Clear Spirit: Twenty Canadian Women and Their Times
Place
Toronto, ON
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Date
1966
Pages
142-157
Language
de
Citation
Scriver, Jessie Boyd. “Maude E. Abbott.” In The Clear Spirit: Twenty Canadian Women and Their Times, edited by Mary Quayle Innis, 142–157. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 1966.
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