About
Pioneer of psychosomatic medicine who showed the importance of considering the social and economic backgrounds of patients.
Before fame
She was a prodigious student, earning four advanced degrees over seven years.
Trivia
She theorized that a large part of many diseases was influenced by the minds of the patients.
Family life
Her father was a mathematician and patent attorney, and her mother was a genealogist.
Associated with
Elizabeth Blackwell is another famous female physician.
