Maude Elizabeth Seymour Abbott, M.D. (1869-1940)

Recto

Name/Title

Maude Elizabeth Seymour Abbott, M.D. (1869-1940)

Entry/Object ID

100.20

Made/Created

Artist

Lilias Newton

Dimensions

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Overall dimensions

Height

21-1/2 in

Width

19-1/2 in

Depth

1-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Framed

Dimension Description

Canvas dimensions

Height

14-1/8 in

Width

12-1/8 in

Dimension Notes

Unframed

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

After graduating from Bishop College Medical School in Canada in 1894, Maude Elizabeth Seymour Abbott went to Europe for postgraduate study, which stimulated her interest in pathology and research. She returned to Montreal, where she was appointed Curator of the McGill Medical Museum in 1900. In 1919, Dr. Abbott was appointed Acting Curator of the Canadian Army Medical Museum and Managing Editor of its catalog. Granted a leave of absence, she came to the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1923. Dr. Abbott, together with her colleagues, founded the first full-time Department of Pathology and Bacteriology at the College, and reorganized its museum before she returned to McGill in 1925.