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Dr Isabel Galloway <I>Emslie</I> Hutton

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Dr Isabel Galloway Emslie Hutton Famous memorial

Birth
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Death
11 Jan 1960 (aged 72)
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Burial
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland Add to Map
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Scottish Physician and Author. She is remembered for her mental health and social work during World War I. The oldest daughter of a lawyer, she was educated at Edinburgh Ladies' College, then enrolled at the University of Edinburgh and trained in the women's medical school, spending her hospital residence years at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. In 1910 she graduated with a degree in medicine and, in 1912, was awarded her MD with a thesis titled "Wassermann sero-diagnosis of syphilis in 200 cases of insanity". While completing her thesis she worked as a pathologist at the Stirling District Asylum, and then moved to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children before becoming the first woman to be appointed in charge of the women medicine of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. In 1915 she joined the Scottish Women's Hospitals Organization and served in France (Domaine de Chanteloup, Sainte-Savine, near Troyes) and then with the Armee d'Orient in Salonika, distinguishing herself by leading the unit which accompanied the Serbian army during World War I. Following the closure of the Serbian hospital where she worked, she took over Lady Muriel Paget's mission in Crimea. In this role, she brought several orphaned children to Constantinople (now Istanbul) and organized relief for Russian refugees. On her return to Edinburgh in 1920, she was reinstated to her former post at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital but resigned the position after her marriage the following year to Major Thomas Hutton (later General Sir Thomas Hutton). She then moved to London, working as a researcher the Maudsley Hospital which led to a research paper with Sir Frederick Mott, and honorary consultancies at the Maudsley and the West End Hospital for Nervous Disease. In 1940 she published "Mental Disorders in Modern Life", drawing on her experience from these roles. Dring World War II, she moved to India where her husband was stationed and undertook charity work, broadcasting and dispatches for the external affairs department, taking up the role of director of the Indian Red Cross welfare service, before returning to England in 1946. After becoming a senior consultant psychiatrist, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of the Royal Medico-Psychological Association. Her other published works include "With a Woman's Unit in Serbia, Salonika and Sebastopol" (1928) and "Memoirs of a Doctor in War and Peace" (1960). For her dedicated achievements, she was awarded the Companion of the Order of the British Empire, the Order of the White Eagle (Serbia), the Order of St. Sava (Serbia), the French Croix de Guerre, and Order of St. Anna (Russia). She died at the age of 72. She was honored on a 2015 Serbian postage stamp for work during World War I.
Scottish Physician and Author. She is remembered for her mental health and social work during World War I. The oldest daughter of a lawyer, she was educated at Edinburgh Ladies' College, then enrolled at the University of Edinburgh and trained in the women's medical school, spending her hospital residence years at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. In 1910 she graduated with a degree in medicine and, in 1912, was awarded her MD with a thesis titled "Wassermann sero-diagnosis of syphilis in 200 cases of insanity". While completing her thesis she worked as a pathologist at the Stirling District Asylum, and then moved to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children before becoming the first woman to be appointed in charge of the women medicine of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. In 1915 she joined the Scottish Women's Hospitals Organization and served in France (Domaine de Chanteloup, Sainte-Savine, near Troyes) and then with the Armee d'Orient in Salonika, distinguishing herself by leading the unit which accompanied the Serbian army during World War I. Following the closure of the Serbian hospital where she worked, she took over Lady Muriel Paget's mission in Crimea. In this role, she brought several orphaned children to Constantinople (now Istanbul) and organized relief for Russian refugees. On her return to Edinburgh in 1920, she was reinstated to her former post at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital but resigned the position after her marriage the following year to Major Thomas Hutton (later General Sir Thomas Hutton). She then moved to London, working as a researcher the Maudsley Hospital which led to a research paper with Sir Frederick Mott, and honorary consultancies at the Maudsley and the West End Hospital for Nervous Disease. In 1940 she published "Mental Disorders in Modern Life", drawing on her experience from these roles. Dring World War II, she moved to India where her husband was stationed and undertook charity work, broadcasting and dispatches for the external affairs department, taking up the role of director of the Indian Red Cross welfare service, before returning to England in 1946. After becoming a senior consultant psychiatrist, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of the Royal Medico-Psychological Association. Her other published works include "With a Woman's Unit in Serbia, Salonika and Sebastopol" (1928) and "Memoirs of a Doctor in War and Peace" (1960). For her dedicated achievements, she was awarded the Companion of the Order of the British Empire, the Order of the White Eagle (Serbia), the Order of St. Sava (Serbia), the French Croix de Guerre, and Order of St. Anna (Russia). She died at the age of 72. She was honored on a 2015 Serbian postage stamp for work during World War I.

Bio by: William Bjornstad


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