Mary Bruins Allison
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 125 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5142-2248-3
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Dr. Mary Bruins Allison, M.D. (born 19 March 1903) was one of the first American women to be trained in medicine in the United States who chose to use her skills as a missionary doctor in Arabia. As the daughter of a minister, her understanding of religion, passion for medicine and desire to be a medical missionary in Arabia grew with her from early childhood. She went to college in the small town of Pella and then attended medical college in Philadelphia whilst learning Arabic during her free time. In 1934, after a few internships at various American hospitals after graduating from medical school, she went to the Middle East to use her medical skills as a missionary doctor. In her forty year career, she worked primarily in Kuwait, as well as India, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman. In her capacity, she treated different types of women, from the poor marginalized Iranian women to the wives of the various royal families in the region. Despite limited...
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