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the same year. She progressed to become an assistant physician and then physician at the Royal Free and Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospitals. In 1936 she became the third woman and first female general physician to be elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. During this period Hare
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to treat women – one for general cases and one for pregnant women. These women would often be unable to find alternative lodgings due to the disease.
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in women. Upon returning to England she established two hostels to improve conditions for such cases. Following a career at the
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served as president of the hostels, Hare as chairman and d'Avigdor as secretary until they closed during the
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published a book on the treatment of diabetes (1933, 2nd edition 1935) and papers on colitis in the
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Hare became medical registrar of the Royal Free Hospital in 1920 and was elected a member of the
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Hare retired in 1937 to travel around the world before returning to live in
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The Royal College of Physicians and Its Collections: An Illustrated History
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degree in 1912. She practised general medicine at Cambridge until 1916.
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Hare was born on 14 September 1876 in Bath, Somerset to Mary Wood and
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Davenport, Geoffrey; McDonald, Ian; Moss-Gibbons, Caroline (2001).
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on 9 May 1919 in recognition of her service in that role.
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In the course of the war she encountered many cases of
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A black and white photograph of Dorothy Christian Hare in the Women's Royal Navy Service
Edward Hare
CBE
Royal Army Medical Corps
Women's Royal Naval Service
First World War
venereal disease
Royal Free Hospital
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital
general physician
Royal College of Physicians
Edward Hare
Indian Medical Service
Cheltenham Ladies College
London School of Medicine for Women
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Royal Free Hospital
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital
Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Public Health

Royal Army Medical Corps
First World War
Malta
Women's Royal Naval Service
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
venereal disease
Berenice d'Avigdor
hostels
Sir Thomas Barlow, 1st Baronet

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