Mary Elizabeth Maccallum Scott | |
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| Born | Mary Elizabeth Maccallum 1865 Martintown, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | August 7, 1941 (aged 75–76) Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | Doctor, medical missionary |
Mary Elizabeth MacCallum Scott (c. 1865 – 27 August 1941) was a Canadian physician and Christian medical missionary who spent twenty years in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). She was the first female doctor to serve in Jaffna, Ceylon.[1] Scott started the first nursing school in Ceylon at Manipay and her training of women nurses was considered by historians to be “revolutionary” at the time.[2]
- ^ Sivapalan, K. (June 29, 2013). "History of Allopathic Medicine in Jaffna". Retrieved 2020-12-22.
- ^ Mills, Tishan (October 28, 2005). "A Brief History of the American Ceylon Mission in Jaffna" (PDF). Ceylon Tamils.