Tuberculosis
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Katharine R. Sturgis papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/355
Overview
Katharine Rosenbaum Guest Boucot Sturgis was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1903. She received her undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University and entered the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1935. She was forced to leave school when she contracted tuberculosis, but later resumed her studies and earned her medical degree in 1940. Sturgis became a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1951 and was elected its first female president in 1972. The Katharine R....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1948 - 1979; 1852 - 1985
