Hannah Myrick
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Hannah Myrick was a physician who received her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University
in 1900, thereby helping to blaze the trail for more women to enter medicine
. She practised medicine in Boston and acted as the superintendent of the New England Hospital for Women and Children
, where she helped to introduce the use of X-ray
s to treat women and children.
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
in 1900, thereby helping to blaze the trail for more women to enter medicine
Women in medicine
Historically and in many parts of the world, women's participation in the profession of medicine has been significantly restricted, although women's practice of medicine, informally, in the role of caregivers, or in the allied health professions, has been widespread...
. She practised medicine in Boston and acted as the superintendent of the New England Hospital for Women and Children
New England Hospital for Women and Children
New England Hospital for Women and Children was opened in Boston, Massachusetts on July 1, 1862 by Dr. Marie Zakrzewska and Ednah Dow Cheney. The Hospital remained dedicated to women and children until the 1950s when it became financially deficient and after recommendations from the United...
, where she helped to introduce the use of X-ray
X-ray
X-radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation. X-rays have a wavelength in the range of 0.01 to 10 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz and energies in the range 120 eV to 120 keV. They are shorter in wavelength than UV rays and longer than gamma...
s to treat women and children.