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1900

Hibbs appointed surgeon in chief at the New York Orthopedic Dispensary and Hospital (Goodwin, 16). Publication of Thomas Cullen’s Cancer of the Uterus, financed by Kelly, dedicated to Kelly and Welch, and leading to Cullen’s offer of Professorship at Yale and promotion to Associate Professorship at Hopkins (Robinson, 157ff.). Switzerland educating more women doctors than the rest of Europe combined (Bonner, 69).