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May 12, 1964
Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (born 1875)
Agnes Forbes Blackadder
Agnes Forbes Blackadder Savill was a Scottish medical expert and doctor. Blackadder became the first female graduate of the University of St Andrews when she gained her M.A. degree on 29 March 1895. She was the first consultant dermatologist to be appointed in 1907 at St. John's Hospital, an appointment which was also notable as one of the first appointments of a woman consultant at a hospital that was not exclusively for women. During World War I, she served as a radiographer at the Scottish Women's Hospital at Royaumont in France and pioneered radiography of gangrene.
May 12
May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 233 days remain until the end of the year.