Jessie MacGregor

March 7, 1863 (age 43)

Along with Elsie Inglis she was instrumental in setting up the Muir Hall of Residence for Women Students in Edinburgh, and the Hospice, a nursing home and maternity hospital for poor women. 3 years later, she took her Doctor of Medicine (Doctor of Medicine), winning a gold medal for her thesis on the comparative anatomy of the auditory nerve. In 1894 she set up a medical practice in Edinburgh with Elsie Inglis at 8 Walker Street. After gaining her Doctor of Medicine In 1901 along with Elsie Inglis she was involved in setting up The Hospice on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, a maternity hospital specifically for the care of working class women. In 1905, for family reasons, she left her practice in Edinburgh and emigrated to the Denver, Colorado, United States of America. She died of acute cerebral meningitis on 22 March 1906 in Denver, Colorado and is buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver. In 1908 the Doctor Jessie MacGregor Prize in Medical Science was setup as a memorial to her, with a value of £75.

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physician

Education

Jessie MacLaren MacGregor was a student of Sophia Jex-Blake at the Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women and was one of the first women to undertake a medical degree at the, after the barriers to women qualifying as doctors were removed by the University. She took her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (Bachelor of Medicine) degree in 1896, achieving first-class honours in every subject in the curriculum, passing all her professional examinations in the shortest time possible, and being awarded the Arthur Scholarship. 3 years later, she took her Doctor of Medicine (Doctor of Medicine), winning a gold medal for her thesis on the comparative anatomy of the auditory nerve.

Career

Along with Elsie Inglis she was instrumental in setting up the Muir Hall of Residence for Women Students in Edinburgh, and the Hospice, a nursing home and maternity hospital for poor women. 3 years later, she took her Doctor of Medicine (Doctor of Medicine), winning a gold medal for her thesis on the comparative anatomy of the auditory nerve. In 1894 she set up a medical practice in Edinburgh with Elsie Inglis at 8 Walker Street.

After gaining her Doctor of Medicine In 1901 along with Elsie Inglis she was involved in setting up The Hospice on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, a maternity hospital specifically for the care of working class women.

In 1905, for family reasons, she left her practice in Edinburgh and emigrated to the Denver, Colorado, United States of America. She died of acute cerebral meningitis on 22 March 1906 in Denver, Colorado and is buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver. In 1908 the Doctor Jessie MacGregor Prize in Medical Science was setup as a memorial to her, with a value of £75.

Achievements

She took her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (Bachelor of Medicine) degree in 1896, achieving first-class honours in every subject in the curriculum, passing all her professional examinations in the shortest time possible, and being awarded the Arthur Scholarship.

Membership

She was also elected as a member of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society in 1901, and was an active member, presenting samples and reading papers at meetings

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