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Mary Sherwood
Mary Sherwood (March 31, 1856 – May 24, 1935) was a physician, Teacher, educator, and spokesperson for Preventive healthcare, preventive medicine, public health, women's health, Child care, childcare. She played a vital role in many women's organizations and clubs, as well as contributed to many medical social movements in Maryland and Baltimore. Early life Mary Sherwood was born on March 31, 1856, in Ballston Spa, New York, and was one of three children to Thomas Burr Sherwood, a lawyer and farmer, and Mary Frances (Beattie) Sherwood. Her sister, Margaret Pollock Sherwood became an English professor at Wellesley College and her brother, Sidney Sherwood, became a professor at Johns Hopkins University. She never married or had children, but formed close bonds with her long time friend, Lilian Welsh. She later died at 79 years of age of a coronary occlusion. Entrance to medicine She attended the State Normal School in Albany and in 1883, proceeded to Vassar College, where she earn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Physician
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. Physicians may focus their practice on certain disease categories, types of patients, and methods of treatment—known as specialities—or they may assume responsibility for the provision of continuing and comprehensive medical care to individuals, families, and communities—known as general practice. Medical practice properly requires both a detailed knowledge of the academic disciplines, such as anatomy and physiology, underlying diseases and their treatment—the ''science'' of medicine—and also a decent competence in its applied practice—the art or ''craft'' of medicine. Both the role of the physician and the meaning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
