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Sarah McNutt

Sarah Jane McNutt (July 22, 1839 – September 10, 1930) was an American physician, notable as the first woman inducted into the American Neurological Association. McNutt was a founder of the Babies' Hospital in New York City, now known as Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, along with her sister Dr. Julia G McNutt. Her mentors and co-workers Elizabeth Blackwell and Emily Blackwell were some of the first female physicians in the United States. She focused her work on pediatrics, neurology, and medical education.

Sarah J. McNutt
Born(1839-07-22)July 22, 1839
Warrensburg, New York
DiedSeptember 10, 1930(1930-09-10) (aged 91)
Albany, New York
EducationAlbany Normal School, Emma Willard Seminary at Troy, Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary
OrganizationAmerican Neurological Association

Early life edit

McNutt was born in Warrensburg, New York to parents James McNutt and Adaline (Waite) McNutt.[1][2] Her sister, Julia McNutt (1844-1928), was also a physician.[3][1] Julia founded the Post-Graduate Training School for Nurses, and worked on the Babies' Hospital with Sarah.[3][1] Sarah attended the Albany Normal School and the Emma Willard Seminary at Troy, where she learned to teach which was her career for several years.[4][1]

Medical career edit

Education edit

In 1877 McNutt graduated from the Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary.[4][1] For two years, until 1879, she interned at the Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary hospital.[4] Her colleagues and mentors, Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell and Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi, shared interests of hers, including pediatrics and neurology.[4] McNutt worked alongside these women at the medical college and hospital for several years.[4][1]

Teaching edit

McNutt taught a course in gynecology at the medical college and was an instructor of surgery.[1] Along with Dr. Jacobi, she helped to found the New York Post Graduate Medical School and Hospital, which continued physician education through lectures.[4][1] McNutt gave three per week on pediatrics.[4][1] She was among the first to teach about both pediatric diseases and the correlation between abnormal pathology and disease states, using the morgue to do so.[4][1]

Pediatrics edit

McNutt worked for 11 years in the children's department of the Women's Medical College of the New York Infirmary hospital.[5] She spent much of her time working towards creating the field of pediatrics, designing a specialty in diseases of children.[1] McNutt found, using a citywide survey, that there was no pediatric ward in any New York hospital. There were only 10 beds dedicated to the pediatric population.[1][4] After creating a pediatric ward at the New York Post Graduate Medical School in 1888, McNutt and her sister Julia, along with physicians Jeannie Smith, Isabella Satherthwaite and Isabella Banks, opened the Babies' Hospital for children two years old and younger.[6][4][3][1] The name of the hospital has changed multiple times, and the age of patients has expanded from two years and under to up to 20 years of age.[3][1]

Neurology edit

In 1884, McNutt was elected the first female member of the American Neurological Association (ANA), at the 10th annual meeting.[4][7][1] Royal W. Amidon, secretary of the ANA in 1883, was a consultant of the hospital where McNutt worked.[4] McNutt had clinical contact with ANA members C.L. Dana and William A. Hammond, through her work at the medical school and hospital.[4] Amidon and Hammond were the two members to nominate McNutt.[4][7]

At her induction meeting, she presented a paper titled "Provisional Report of a Case of Double Infantile Spastic Hemiplegia."[4][7][1] She described "a girl of two and a half years – never had walked, never had talked; all of the limbs were smaller than normal, especially upon the left side." After this child died of pneumonia, McNutt performed the autopsy and reported her results. [8] She would later publish six additional cases of spastic hemiplegia.[9]

McNutt's work on what we now call cerebral palsy was cited in William Gowers' seminal textbook Manual of Diseases of the Nervous System. MacDonald Critchley, in his biography of Gowers, wrote that he was not a "rabid misogynist" but thought McNutt had contributed more than any other women at that time.[10] Her work is also cited in William Osler's book The Cerebral Palsies of Children,[5][11] and in A Study of Cerebral Palsies of Early Life, Based Upon an Analysis of One Hundred and Forty Cases by Bernard Sachs' and Frederick Peterson.[12]

Death edit

McNutt died in Albany, New York on September 10, 1930.[2]

Medical societies edit

Works edit

  • McNutt, Sarah J (1885). "Double Infantile Spastic Hemiplegia". The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 12 (2): 225–228. doi:10.1097/00005053-188504000-00031.
  • McNutt, Sarah (1885). "Seven Cases of Infantile Spastic Hemiplegia". Archives of Pediatrics (2): 20–34.
  • McNutt, Sarah J (1885). "Apoplexia Neonatorum". The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children. 18 (1): 73. ProQuest 128171992.
  • McNutt, Sarah J (1889). "The Babies' Hospital: a Summer's Work". Medical Record. 35 (9): 234.
  • McNutt, Sarah J (1905). "Notes on Non-Operative Gynecology". Canadian Journal of Medicine and Surgery. 68 (20): 765. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  • McNutt, Sarah J (1912). "Non-Operative Treatment of Sterility". Medical Record. 81 (25): 1180–1183. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  • McNutt, Sarah J (1918). Medical Women, Yesterday and Today (reprint ed.). W. Woods and Company. p. 17. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  • McNutt, Sarah J (1921). "Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, Her Character and Personality". Medical Record. 100: 922. Retrieved April 10, 2018.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. J.T. White. 1916.
  2. ^ a b Written at Albany, New York. "Woman Physician Dies". Standard Sentinel. Hazleton, Pennsylvania (published September 11, 1930). AP. September 10, 1930. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c d Kaczmarczyk, Teresa. "Babies Hospital History". www.cumc.columbia.edu. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Horn, Stacy S.; Goetz, Christopher G. (July 9, 2002). "The election of Sarah McNutt as the first woman member of the American Neurological Association". Neurology. 59 (1): 113–117. doi:10.1212/wnl.59.1.113. ISSN 0028-3878. PMID 12105317.
  5. ^ a b Christy, Alison. "Sarah McNutt (1859-1930)". Endowed Chairs. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  6. ^ Weiner, Michael; Novak, Stephen E. (2022). The Babies Hospital of New York (Images of America). New York: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467107372.
  7. ^ a b c Transactions of the American Neurological Association. Springer Publishing Company. 1882.
  8. ^ "Transactions of the American Neurological Association". Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 11: 501. 1884.
  9. ^ McNutt, Sarah (1885). "Seven Cases of Infantile Spastic Hemiplegia". Archives of Pediatrics. 2: 20–34.
  10. ^ Critchley, MacDonald (1949). Sir William Gowers 1845-1915: A Biographical Appreciation. London: William Heinemann Medical Books Ltd.
  11. ^ Osler, William (1889). The cerebral palsies of children : a clinical study from the Infirmary for Nervous Diseases, Philadelphia. London: H.K. Lewis.
  12. ^ Sachs, Bernard; Peterson, Frederick (1890). A study of cerebral palsies of early life, based upon an analysis of one hundred and forty cases (PDF). New York: M.J. Rooney & Co., Printers.

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Sarah Jane McNutt July 22 1839 September 10 1930 was an American physician notable as the first woman inducted into the American Neurological Association McNutt was a founder of the Babies Hospital in New York City now known as Morgan Stanley Children s Hospital along with her sister Dr Julia G McNutt Her mentors and co workers Elizabeth Blackwell and Emily Blackwell were some of the first female physicians in the United States She focused her work on pediatrics neurology and medical education Sarah J McNuttBorn 1839 07 22 July 22 1839Warrensburg New YorkDiedSeptember 10 1930 1930 09 10 aged 91 Albany New YorkEducationAlbany Normal School Emma Willard Seminary at Troy Woman s Medical College of the New York InfirmaryOrganizationAmerican Neurological Association Contents 1 Early life 2 Medical career 2 1 Education 2 2 Teaching 2 3 Pediatrics 2 4 Neurology 3 Death 4 Medical societies 5 Works 6 ReferencesEarly life editMcNutt was born in Warrensburg New York to parents James McNutt and Adaline Waite McNutt 1 2 Her sister Julia McNutt 1844 1928 was also a physician 3 1 Julia founded the Post Graduate Training School for Nurses and worked on the Babies Hospital with Sarah 3 1 Sarah attended the Albany Normal School and the Emma Willard Seminary at Troy where she learned to teach which was her career for several years 4 1 Medical career editEducation edit In 1877 McNutt graduated from the Woman s Medical College of the New York Infirmary 4 1 For two years until 1879 she interned at the Woman s Medical College of the New York Infirmary hospital 4 Her colleagues and mentors Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell and Dr Mary Putnam Jacobi shared interests of hers including pediatrics and neurology 4 McNutt worked alongside these women at the medical college and hospital for several years 4 1 Teaching edit McNutt taught a course in gynecology at the medical college and was an instructor of surgery 1 Along with Dr Jacobi she helped to found the New York Post Graduate Medical School and Hospital which continued physician education through lectures 4 1 McNutt gave three per week on pediatrics 4 1 She was among the first to teach about both pediatric diseases and the correlation between abnormal pathology and disease states using the morgue to do so 4 1 Pediatrics edit McNutt worked for 11 years in the children s department of the Women s Medical College of the New York Infirmary hospital 5 She spent much of her time working towards creating the field of pediatrics designing a specialty in diseases of children 1 McNutt found using a citywide survey that there was no pediatric ward in any New York hospital There were only 10 beds dedicated to the pediatric population 1 4 After creating a pediatric ward at the New York Post Graduate Medical School in 1888 McNutt and her sister Julia along with physicians Jeannie Smith Isabella Satherthwaite and Isabella Banks opened the Babies Hospital for children two years old and younger 6 4 3 1 The name of the hospital has changed multiple times and the age of patients has expanded from two years and under to up to 20 years of age 3 1 Neurology edit In 1884 McNutt was elected the first female member of the American Neurological Association ANA at the 10th annual meeting 4 7 1 Royal W Amidon secretary of the ANA in 1883 was a consultant of the hospital where McNutt worked 4 McNutt had clinical contact with ANA members C L Dana and William A Hammond through her work at the medical school and hospital 4 Amidon and Hammond were the two members to nominate McNutt 4 7 At her induction meeting she presented a paper titled Provisional Report of a Case of Double Infantile Spastic Hemiplegia 4 7 1 She described a girl of two and a half years never had walked never had talked all of the limbs were smaller than normal especially upon the left side After this child died of pneumonia McNutt performed the autopsy and reported her results 8 She would later publish six additional cases of spastic hemiplegia 9 McNutt s work on what we now call cerebral palsy was cited in William Gowers seminal textbook Manual of Diseases of the Nervous System MacDonald Critchley in his biography of Gowers wrote that he was not a rabid misogynist but thought McNutt had contributed more than any other women at that time 10 Her work is also cited in William Osler s book The Cerebral Palsies of Children 5 11 and in A Study of Cerebral Palsies of Early Life Based Upon an Analysis of One Hundred and Forty Cases by Bernard Sachs and Frederick Peterson 12 Death editMcNutt died in Albany New York on September 10 1930 2 Medical societies editNew York Academy of Medicine New York County Medical Society State and American Medical Associations Women s Medical Society Women s State Medical Society McNutt was elected 3rd vice president of New York chapter 1 New York Pathological Society Schenectady County Medical Society American Society of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis American Neurological Association 1884 1902 Works editMcNutt Sarah J 1885 Double Infantile Spastic Hemiplegia The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 12 2 225 228 doi 10 1097 00005053 188504000 00031 McNutt Sarah 1885 Seven Cases of Infantile Spastic Hemiplegia Archives of Pediatrics 2 20 34 McNutt Sarah J 1885 Apoplexia Neonatorum The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children 18 1 73 ProQuest 128171992 McNutt Sarah J 1889 The Babies Hospital a Summer s Work Medical Record 35 9 234 McNutt Sarah J 1905 Notes on Non Operative Gynecology Canadian Journal of Medicine and Surgery 68 20 765 Retrieved April 10 2018 McNutt Sarah J 1912 Non Operative Treatment of Sterility Medical Record 81 25 1180 1183 Retrieved April 10 2018 McNutt Sarah J 1918 Medical Women Yesterday and Today reprint ed W Woods and Company p 17 Retrieved April 10 2018 McNutt Sarah J 1921 Dr Elizabeth Blackwell Her Character and Personality Medical Record 100 922 Retrieved April 10 2018 References edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography J T White 1916 a b Written at Albany New York Woman Physician Dies Standard Sentinel Hazleton Pennsylvania published September 11 1930 AP September 10 1930 Retrieved March 29 2023 via Newspapers com a b c d Kaczmarczyk Teresa Babies Hospital History www cumc columbia edu Retrieved March 28 2018 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Horn Stacy S Goetz Christopher G July 9 2002 The election of Sarah McNutt as the first woman member of the American Neurological Association Neurology 59 1 113 117 doi 10 1212 wnl 59 1 113 ISSN 0028 3878 PMID 12105317 a b Christy Alison Sarah McNutt 1859 1930 Endowed Chairs Retrieved November 23 2022 Weiner Michael Novak Stephen E 2022 The Babies Hospital of New York Images of America New York Arcadia Publishing ISBN 9781467107372 a b c Transactions of the American Neurological Association Springer Publishing Company 1882 Transactions of the American Neurological Association Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 11 501 1884 McNutt Sarah 1885 Seven Cases of Infantile Spastic Hemiplegia Archives of Pediatrics 2 20 34 Critchley MacDonald 1949 Sir William Gowers 1845 1915 A Biographical Appreciation London William Heinemann Medical Books Ltd Osler William 1889 The cerebral palsies of children a clinical study from the Infirmary for Nervous Diseases Philadelphia London H K Lewis Sachs Bernard Peterson Frederick 1890 A study of cerebral palsies of early life based upon an analysis of one hundred and forty cases PDF New York M J Rooney amp Co Printers Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sarah McNutt amp oldid 1165622645, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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