Dixon Jones, Mary Amanda

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Dates:
Birth 1828
Death 1908

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Biographical Note

1828, Feb. 17 Born, Dorchester County, Md. 1845 Graduated, Wesleyan Female College, Wilmington, Del. 1846 1850 Professor, Wesleyan Female College; taught physiology and literature 1850 1852 Taught, Baltimore Female College, and continued studies with Dr. Thomas Bond, Jr., founder of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, Baltimore, Md. 1854 Married John Quincy Adams Jones 1862 Studied medicine, Hygeio-Therapeutic Medical College, New York, N.Y. 1865 1875 Practiced medicine, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1872 Enrolled, Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 1873 Passed three-month preceptorship with Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi in New York, N.Y. 1875 Graduated, Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., specializing in the treatment of diseases of the female reproductive system 1876 Began studying pathology with Dr. Charles Heitzman 1882 1884 Chief medical officer, Woman’s Hospital of Brooklyn, New York, N.Y. 1884 1891 Gynecologist, Woman’s Hospital of Brooklyn, New York, N.Y. 1886 Studied in Europe, touring European surgical theater 1888 Performed the first successful total hysterectomy for treatment of fibroid tumors while caring for a patient suffering from a seventeen-pound uterine tumor 1890 Tried and exonerated in the manslaughter case of Ida Hunt 1892 Lost libel suit against the Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1893 Only daughter murdered by her daughter’s husband 1895 Retired from her medical practice 1895 circa 1908 Researched and wrote articles on the clinical pathology of the female reproductive system 1910, Apr. Listed on the 1910 census as living in the Bronx, New York, N.Y.

From the guide to the Mary Amanda Dixon Jones Papers, 1839-1925, (bulk 1874-1907), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Generative organs, Female

Occupations:

  • Physicians

Places:

  • Europe (as recorded)

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