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Pages in category "Fictional female doctors" The following 127 pages are in this category, out of 127 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
This is a list of fictional doctors (characters that use the appellation "doctor", medical and otherwise), from literature, films, television, and other media.. Shakespeare created a doctor in his play Macbeth (c 1603) [1] with a "great many good doctors" having appeared in literature by the 1890s [2] and, in the early 1900s, the "rage for novel characters" included a number of "lady doctors". [3]
This is a list of the first qualified female physician to practice in each country, where that is known. Many, if not all, countries have had female physicians since time immemorial; however, modern systems of qualification have often commenced as male only, whether de facto or de jure. This lists the first women physicians in modern countries.
Frank Slaughter (1908–2001) - American bestseller author, wrote (Doctor's Wives) Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) - author Benjamin Spock (1903–1988) - American pediatrician, wrote Baby and Child Care
American women public health doctors (65 P) S. American women surgeons (116 P) Pages in category "American women physicians"
Lovisa Årberg (1801–1881) was the first female doctor and surgeon in Sweden; whereas, Amalia Assur (1803–1889) was the first female dentist in Sweden and possibly Europe. Marie Durocher (1809–1893) was a Brazilian obstetrician, midwife and physician. She is considered the first female doctor in Brazil and the Americas.
Fictional female doctors (127 P) A. Women anesthesiologists (64 P) C. Women cardiologists (57 P) D. Women dermatologists (35 P) E. Women emergency physicians (3 P) F.
Velma Scantleburry-White is the first African-American female transplant surgeon in the United States [143] Rosalyn P. Scott in 1977 became the first African American woman trained in the practice of thoracic surgery. [144] Doris Shockley in 1955 became the first African American woman to earn a doctorate in pharmacology. [145]