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Florey, Mary Ethel Hayter (1900 - 1966) |
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| Born: 1 October 1900 Stanmore, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 10 October 1966 Marston, England. | ||
| Mary Ethel H. Florey, then Mary Reed, met Howard Walter Florey while studying medicine at the University of Adelaide in 1921. They married in 1926 and moved to London. Mary Florey initially worked with the Oxford Regional Blood Transfusion Service in 1939-41, then took part in clinical trials of penicillin. These were conducted at the Radcliffe Infirmary, at military hospitals and at the Birmingham Accident Hospital. She went on to complete a Doctor of Medicine (MD) and write several publications, mainly under her maiden name, including The Clinical Application of Antibiotics (London). This was a remarkable achievement because Mary Florey was plagued by ill health for most of her life and she was also partially deaf. She died of myocardial infarction on 10 October 1966 at Marston and was buried at Fairspear House, Leafield, Oxford. |
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| Alternative Names: Reed, Mary Ethel Hayter (maiden name) | ||||||||||
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