PETTICOAT SURGEON

by Bortha Van Hooson ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

This autobiography of one of the pioneer women in medicine, an obstetrician, is apparently in answer to the question, ""How did you manage to achieve this position in face of the many obstacles to such a career?"", but it meanders so aimlessly through pointless anecdotes that its general appeal is lost. Chronological, if confusing, her life story is laid in Michigan farmland, schooling at the University of Michigan, training in various hospitals, private practice in Chicago and association with several Chicago medical schools. She founded the American Women's Medical Association, she fought for sex education, she traveled through Europe and Asia -- and returned to the farm. A smug, pollyanna-like personality, modern only in the field of medicine, Dr. Van Hoosen has done much to be admired, but the preening self-satisfaction is unfortunately unbecoming. A market limited certainly to some Chicagoans, and those avid for absolutely anything on the history of women in medicine.

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Publisher: Pelligrini & Cudahy

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1947

Categories: NONFICTION