The Careers of Women Graduates from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London

Honours graduates in medicine of the University of Aberdeen, 1931-60

“…The marriage rate for the Aberdeen women honours graduates of 1931–60 (56%) is less than the 70% reported from the survey of British medical women by Lawrie, Newhouse, and Elliott (1966), the 77% for Glasgow medical women of 1951–4 (Timbury and Ratzer, 1969), the 72% for graduates from the Royal Free Hospital of 1945–64 (Flynn and Gardner, 1969), and the 75% for Aberdeen medical women of 1956–8 (Ogston, Dawson, and McAndrew, 1969). However, any conclusions drawn from this finding of an inverse relationship between marriage rate and outstanding academic achievement must be speculative in view of the comparatively small number of women honours graduates in this survey.…”

Rheumatology - the ‘Cinderella’ specialty - an examination of doctors’ attitudes to training and careers

“…At present, compared to other specialties, facilities in the NHS for the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic disorders are grossly inadequate (Arthritis and Rheumatism Council, 1970; Duthie, 1970). Even when recognized it is frequently coupled with physical medicine (Flynn and Gardner, 1969), and some have indeed taken the view that a department of physical medicine and a department of rheumatology are indistinguishable (Mason, 1968). Indeed, the report on training consultants by the Royal College of Physicians (London) in 1968 recommended that training in rheumatology be associated with training in physical medicine and rehabilitation, although this was considered unsound (Duthie, 1970) and has since been abandoned.…”

Migrant medical women: a case study of British medical graduates in twentieth-century Australia

“…For example, a survey of graduates from the Royal Free Hospital in London between 1945-64one of the oldest and largest medical schools for womenpublished in 1969 found that of the 1,055 women who responded, 185 were overseas at the time; and 307 had spent some time overseas. 68 A quarter of the 163 non-respondents were also overseas at the time the survey was sent out. 69 In total, almost half the women graduates from the Royal Free Hospital had once left Britain or were overseas at the time the study was published.…”