Nancy Conn

Nancy K. Conn
Born
Agnes Kirkland Conn[1]

(1919-06-27)27 June 1919
Barrhead, Scotland
Died20 March 2013(2013-03-20) (aged 93)
Bearsden, Scotland
NationalityScottish
EducationHigh School of Dundee
Alma materUniversity of St Andrews
Known forEnding the 1970 Edinburgh typhoid outbreak
Scientific career
FieldsBacteriology
InstitutionsWestern General Hospital, Edinburgh, Greater Glasgow Health Board

Nancy K. Conn (1919–2013) was a Scottish bacteriologist known primarily for her work on preventing the spread of typhoid in Edinburgh in the summer of 1970.[2]

  1. ^ Sears, Charles (2013). "Agnes Kirkland Conn". BMJ. 347: 28. doi:10.1136/bmj.f7263. S2CID 57160463.
  2. ^ Smith, Joe. "The incredible story of Dr Nancy Conn, who saved '70s Edinburgh from typhoid using sanitary pads". Edinburgh Live. Retrieved 26 August 2020.