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Louisa Martindale Article
Louisa Martindale was born in 1872. She attended the London School for Medicine and obtained her M.D. in London in 1906. She became the Senior Honorary Surgeon at the New Sussex Hospital in 1918, of which she was the founder of. Louisa moved to London in 1921 as a Consultant Surgeon, soon becoming the Honorary Surgeon at the Marie Curie Hospital. In 1931, she was elected President of the Medical Women's Federation after a visit to New York in 1919. Louisa contributed time to her studies of uterine cancer and fibroid growths in women. These were studied by the use of deep X-ray therapy. Louisa Martindale died in 1966.

The New Sussex Hospital
The appeal of the New Sussex Hospital was the comfort of the private wards that allowed individuals to be treated by woman doctors.These became the first private hospital wards in Brighton. In the wards, the beds were built sideways to the windows with the result of restful lighting. This hospital gave medical women the opportunity to take certain positions based on the training they were given. (40 beds)


 * source- obituary notice about Louisa Martindale biography and accomplishments
 * source- article by Louisa Martindale about menorrhagia treated by intensive x-ray therapy
 * source- article by Louisa Martindale about treatment of thirty-seven cases of uterine fibromyomata by intensive x-ray therapy