Elizabeth D. A. Cohen
Elizabeth D. A. Cohen | |
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| Born | Elizabeth D. A. Magnus Cohen February 22, 1820 New York, United States |
| Died | May 28, 1921 (aged 101) New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Resting place | Gates of Prayer Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Nationality | English, American |
| Known for | First female physician in Louisiana |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Allopathic medicine |
Elizabeth D. A. Magnus Cohen (February 22, 1820 – May 28, 1921) was the first woman licensed to practice medicine in the state of Louisiana in the United States.[1]
Biography
She was born on February 22, 1820 in New York to Phoebe (née Magnus) and David Cohen of England.[1] She later married Dr. Aaron Cohen in New York and they had five children together.[1][2]
Following the death of her first son from measles,[1] she attended medical school in Philadelphia starting in 1853 at the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania.[1][3] Her thesis was titled "Prolapsus Uteri".[4] There is some confusion over the date of her graduation from medical school, however it's known that she did start practicing medicine as of 1857 and her title of doctor was added by 1876.[1]
For thirty years from 1857 to 1887, she cared for the people of the French Quarter of New Orleans in a period which was marked by periodic epidemics of yellow fever and smallpox.[5]. One of her former offices is now home to the Circle Bar on Lee Circle.
Dr. Cohen died in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 28, 1921, at the age of 101. She was buried at Gates of Prayer Cemetery in New Orleans.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Biography". Changing the faces of medicine. U.S. National Library of Medicine. 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Ned Hérmad. (2010) NEW ORLEANS NOSTALGIA: Remembering New Orleans History, Culture and Traditions.New Orleans Bar Association
- ^ "Elizabeth D.A. Magnus Cohen". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Abrahams, Harold J. (1966). Extinct Medical Schools of Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia, p. 220. University of Pennsylvania Press.
- ^ Kahn, Catherine (March 1, 2009). "Elizabeth D. A. Cohen.". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ^ Dr. Elizabeth D. A. Cohen at Find a Grave
Further reading
- Atwater, Edward C (2016). Women Medical Doctors in the United States before the Civil War: A Biographical Dictionary. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. ISBN 9781580465717. OCLC 945359277.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Blackmar, Mrs. K.K. "New Orleans First Woman Doctor." New Orleans Daily Picayune, January 26, 1913;
- Duffy, John, ed. The Rudolph Matas History of Medicine in Louisiana (1962)
- O'Brien, Sharon, ed. "The Attic Letters of Elizabeth D. A. Cohen, M. D." Tourovues: The Magazine of Touro Infirmary (Summer 1977)
- Samuels, Marguerite. "Woman Doctor Celebrates Her 100th Birthday." New Orleans Times-Picayune, February 22, 1920
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