Isabella C. Herb Papers, 1898-1933.

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Isabella C. Herb Papers, 1898-1933.

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Rush University Medical Center Library, RUMC Library

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Rush University Medical Center Library, RUMC Library

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Ochsner, Albert J. (Albert John), 1858-1925

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Herb, Isabella C., 1869-1943.

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Anesthesiologist and instructor Isabella C. Herb was born in Clyman, Wisc., 5 November 1869, and obtained her medical degree from Woman's Medical College of Northwestern University in 1892. After interning at Mary Thompson Hospital for Women and Children in Chicago she went on to Augustana Hospital to practice as an anesthetist and pathologist in 1897. There she worked with Lawrence Prince, assisting in the development of open drop ether and chloroform anesthesia. After working at the Mayo Clini...

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Presbyterian Hospital of the City of Chicago

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Rush Medical College

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Rush Medical College was one of the first medical schools founded west of Ohio. It was named by its founder, Dr. Daniel Brainard, in honor of Benjamin Rush, M.D., the physician-statesman who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. During the nineteenth century, Rush grew quickly, paralleling Chicago's rapid growth as a major urban center. In the manner of most medical schools in the 1800's, Rush was a proprietary institution owned and operated by a group of phys...