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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. The dates given in parentheses below are the dates the women graduated from medical school.
Finland's journey to a welfare state has been long, from a very modest start. The history of modern medicine in Finland can be considered to have begun at 1640 when the first university of Finland, The Royal Academy of Turku, was established. At the time Finland was a part of the Swedish Empire. As the field of medicine did not enjoy very high ...
The college was aimed at the spreading of Christianity and modern medicine and the elevation of Chinese women's social status. The graduates of this college included Chau Lee-sun ( 周理信 , 1890–1979) and Wong Yuen-hing ( 黃婉卿 ), both of whom graduated in the late 1910s and then practiced medicine in the hospitals in Guangdong province.
In Finland, there is a comprehensive national vaccination program. Child health clinics, school healthcare and local health centers offer vaccinations against 12 different diseases for every child, free of charge. HPV vaccines were given first to girls, but as of 2020
When medicine as a profession in 13th century Europe, women healers started to be pushed from view. [clarification needed] [24] Licenses began to be required to practice medicine, but even so, this was only enforced for some clienteles. [25] Literate women who often shared clients with trained physicians were the most targeted group for these ...
Also: Finland: People: By occupation: Physicians / Women scientists: Women physicians This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Finnish physicians . It includes physicians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Early medicine in France was defined by, and administered by, the Catholic church. Medicine and care were one of the many charitable ventures of the church. During the era of the French Revolution, new ideas took hold within the world of medicine and medicine was made more scientific and the hospitals were made more medical.
John Hunter (1728–1793) — father of modern surgery, famous for his study of anatomy Kurt Julius Isselbacher (1928–2019) — Former editor of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine , prominent Gastroenterologist, founder of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Association of American Physicians Kober Medal winner