Jessie MacLaren MacGregor
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Jessie MacLaren MacGregor | |
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 The Hospice, 219 High Street – the maternity hospital Dr MacGregor established with Dr Elsie Inglis. | |
| Born | 7 May 1863 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 22 March 1906 (aged 42) Denver, Colorado, United States |
| Education | University of Edinburgh |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Physician |
| Sub-specialties | Obstetrics |
Jessie MacLaren MacGregor (7 May 1863 – 22 March 1906) was one of the first women to be awarded an MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1899. 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.[1]
Jessie MacLaren MacGregor was born 7 May 1863. She was a student of Sophia Jex-Blake[2] at the Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women, and was one of the first women to take a medical degree at the University of Edinburgh, after the barriers to women qualifying as doctors were removed by the University. Having qualified initially with the Triple Qualification (LRCPE, LRCSE, LRFPSG), she took her MBChB (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. Three years later, she took her MD (Doctor of Medicine), winning a gold medal for her thesis on the comparative anatomy of the auditory nerve.[1][3]