WOMAN DOCTOR'S WORK
OWN SYMPTOMS RECORDED INCURABLE NERVOUS DISEASE" [from a special correspondent] LONDON, Jan. 1 When Dr. Florence Robinson, of Manchester, died this week at the age of 65 yearn, she left behind scientific notes of • her own sufferings to help research workers who seek cares for obscure nervous diseases. Two years ago Dr. Robinson diagnosed her disease and pronounced it incurable. She withdrew from her position as honorary physician at the Duchess of York Children's Hospital, of which she was a founder member. As the months dragged by, she recorded faithfully the onset of each progressive symptom of her illness.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22955, 5 February 1938, Page 12
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