Duffin J
Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.
CMAJ. 1992 Mar 15;146(6):881-8.
In 1879 a coroner's inquest was held on the body of Sarah Lovell, a young, unmarried woman who was thought to have died of an attempt at procuring an abortion. Suspicion fell on Emily Stowe, Toronto's first woman doctor. Stowe had graduated 12 years earlier from a US medical college but had not yet been granted a licence to practise in Ontario. She admitted to having seen and spoken to Lovell but denied any involvement in an abortion. Less than a year later she obtained the long-desired licence. The author has used newspapers, journals and other archival sources to explore the nature of Stowe's testimony and its relation to her acceptance by the profession.
1879年，针对莎拉·洛弗尔的尸体进行了一场验尸官问询。莎拉是一位年轻的未婚女性，被认为死于堕胎未遂。嫌疑落在了多伦多的首位女医生艾米丽·斯托身上。斯托早在12年前就从一所美国医学院毕业，但尚未获得在安大略省行医的执照。她承认曾见过洛弗尔并与她交谈过，但否认与堕胎有任何关联。不到一年后，她获得了期盼已久的执照。作者利用报纸、期刊和其他档案资料，探究了斯托证词的性质及其与她被医学界接纳的关系。
