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Lottie Isbell Blake | |
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| Born | Charlotte Cornella Isbell 10 June 1876 |
| Died | 16 November 1976 |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Education | American Medical Missionary College |
| Known for | hydrotherapy |
| Spouse | David Emanuel Blake |
Lottie Cornella Isbell Blake, M.D., (10 June 1876 – 16 November 1976) was an American physician, medical missionary, and educator. Blake was the first black Seventh Day Adventist to become a physician. She is remembered for her revolutionary success in hydrotherapy which at the time was not seen as a sophisticated medical treatment. Lottie Blake, along with her husband Dr. David Emanuel Blake, travelled and worked in Panama, Haiti, and Jamaica as a self-supporting medical missionary. During her life, Dr. Lottie Blake became licensed to practice medicine in Ohio, Tennessee, Alabama, Panama, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Blake found the cure for “Smokey City pneumonia” which was caused by smog in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1] After 50 years of service, Lottie Blake was honored by the American Medical Association at eighty-one years old.
- ^ Kim, Haiyoung. "DR. LOTTIE I. BLAKE: THE FIRST SDA BLACK PHYSICIAN". Retrieved 21 December 2017.