Maude Abbott
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| Born |
Maude Elizabeth Seymour Abbott March 18, 1869 St. Andrews East, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | September 2, 1940 (aged 71) Montreal, Quebec |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Known for | Expert on congenital heart disease |
Maude Elizabeth Seymour Abbott (March 18, 1869 – September 2, 1940) was a Canadian physician, among Canada's earliest female medical graduates, and a world-famous expert on congenital heart disease. She was one of the first women to obtain a BA from McGill University.
In 1869, Abbot was born in St. Andrews East, Quebec as Maude Elizabeth Seymour Babin. Both of her parents were absent during infancy, as her mother had died and her father had abandoned her. With her sister Alice, she was legally adopted and raised by her maternal grandmother, Mrs. William Abbott, who was then 62. She was a cousin of John Abbott, Canada's third Prime Minister.
In 1885, she graduated from a private Montreal seminary high school.
Abbott was admitted to McGill University's Faculty of Arts, with a scholarship, even though she had previously been rejected. and received her B.A in 1890. In 1894, she received her M.D., C.M. from Bishop's University with honours, and the only woman in her class. She received the Chancellor’s Prize, and Senior Anatomy Prize for having the best final examination. Later that year, she opened her own practice in Montreal, worked with the Royal Victoria hospital, and was nominated and elected as the Montreal Medico-Chirurgical Society's first female member. Some time afterwards, she did her post-graduate medical studies in Vienna.
In 1897, she opened an independent clinic dedicated to treating women and children. There she did much first-hand research in pathology. Much of Abbott's work concerned the nature of heart disease, especially in newborn babies. This would cause her to be recognized as a world authority on heart defects.
In 1898, she was appointed Assistant Curator at the McGill Pathological Museum, becoming curator 1901.
In 1905, she was invited to write the chapter on 'Congenital Heart Disease' for Dr. Osler's System of Modern Medicine. He declared it "the best thing he had ever read on the subject." The article would place her as the world authority in the field of congenital heart disease.
In 1906, she co-founded the International Association of Medical Museums, with Dr. William Osler. She became its international secretary in 1907. She would edit the institutions articles for thirty-one years (1907-1938).
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