Kate Hermann

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Kate Hermann
Born1903/1904
Died2007
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Kate Hermann (1903/4–2007) was the first female neurology consultant in Scotland. Hermann, who was Jewish, left with her family from Hamburg to London in 1937, fleeing the Nazis.[1] She then moved in 1938 to Edinburgh to study at the Royal Infirmary under Professor Norman Dott.[1] She retired from medicine in 1970.[1]

Works[edit]

  • Hermann, Kate; Macgregor, Agnes R. (1940-03-30). "Cerebral Haemorrhage from Rupture of Congenital Intracerebral Aneurysm in a Child". British Medical Journal. 1 (4134): 523–538.3. ISSN 0007-1447. PMC 2176781.
  • Hermann, Kate (2017-02-24). "Pituitary Exophthalmos". The British Journal of Ophthalmology. 36 (1): 1–19. ISSN 0007-1161. PMC 1323828.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Colleagues pay tribute to pioneer brain doctor". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 24 February 2017.