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Publication of Blackwell's Thesis
- When
- 1849
- Where
- Buffalo Medical Journal and Monthly Review
Blackwell's thesis on typhoid fever was published in 1849, becoming the first medical article published by a female student from the United States.
The thesis was published in the Buffalo Medical Journal and Monthly Review shortly after she graduated. An 1849 work by Blackwell is separately listed as 'The Causes and Treatment of Typhus, or Shipfever', though the sources do not state that this title refers to the same typhoid-fever thesis.
Sources
- Elizabeth Blackwell Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-28
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