Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1917 — ONLY FEMALE ARMY SURGEON [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ONLY FEMALE ARMY SURGEON

Doctor Markland is the only female surgeon in the British army. Doctor Markland is a most unusual miss, and the distinction which she holds has been won by her great skill as a surgeon. \ She holds a reputation' In her private practice which makes her one of the foremost women surgeons in the World. —DoctorMarkland win Tender service ▼ery probably in one of the hospitals behind the firing lines In France. She has won the commendation of many physicians in Great Britain, and when sho offered her services to the army, she was accepted after some deliberation as to whether a woman doctor could serve in the army ranks. There is little question, but that Doctor Markland will prove that women doctors in the field can be of cpnsidera* Ie service, and soon many more ; of be; w;d| be seen in the ranks. I 18. . ' ■ I : ".?■