Dalyell, Elsie (1881–1948)
Dalyell, Elsie (1881–1948)
Australian pathologist. Born Elsie Dalyell on Dec 13, 1881, in Newtown, Sydney, Australia; died 1948; 2nd dau. of Jean (McGregor) Dalyell and James Melville Dalyell (mining engineer); University of Sydney, MB, 1st class with honors, 1909, degree in chemistry, 1910.
Appointed medical officer at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (1910); became the 1st woman on the full-time medical-school staff as demonstrator in pathology (1911) and the 1st woman elected to a Beit fellowship (1912); served out her fellowship at the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine in London.
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