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Stone, Emma Constance (1856 - 1902) |
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| Physician | |
| Born: 4 December 1856 Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia. Died: 29 December 1902. | |
| Emma Constance Stone played a leading role in the formation of the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne, which was funded by a jubilee shilling fund appeal and officially opened in July 1899. |
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| Educated Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, USA and University of Trinity College, Toronto, Canada (MD, ChM 1888). New Hospital for Women, London (qualifiying as a licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries) 1889, first woman to register with the Medical Board of Victoria 1890, practised one day a week at the free dispensary attached to Dr Singleton's mission in Collingwood. Founded the Queen Victoria Hospital. Foundation member 1895 of the Victorian Medical Women's Society. |
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