• JAMA surgery · Feb 2015

    Biography Historical Article

    Mary Edwards Walker: the soul ahead of her time.

    • Atiq Rehman, Naba G Rahman, Sharon M Harris, and Faisal H Cheema.
    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, Florida2 Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.
    • JAMA Surg. 2015 Feb 1; 150 (2): 173-4.

    AbstractMary Edwards Walker was a gallant woman who stood for women's rights, embodied the true American spirit, and served the Union Army in the Civil War as a surgeon. She later became the first and only woman in United States history to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

      Pubmed     Full text   Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…