Dr. Mabel Flood, of Elmira, N.Y., in a native costume of Monastir, Serbia. Dr. Flood has been doing
Dr. Mabel Flood, of Elmira, N.Y., in a native costume of Monastir, Serbia. Dr. Flood has been doing relief work with the American Red Cross in Serbia for more than two years. Such is known as the “Angel” of Monastir, having worked in the city while it was under bombardment and after the armistice stuck to her post as assistant chief surgeon of the Red Cross Hospital. The costume was presented to her by a grateful patient, whom she brought back to healthJanuary 1920Mabel Flood (1884-1923) graduated from Buffalo Medical College in 1911. In 1917, the American Red Cross put out a call for female physicians to help in war-torn Europe. Mabel and her physician cousin Regina Flood Keyes, joined the American Red Cross and established the American Women’s Hospital in Monastir, Serbia. The two women ran the hospital through the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 and an epidemic of typhus in 1919. On her way back to the US in 1920, Mabel met and married a Brit. The couple returned to Mabel’s hometown of Elmira where she reopened her medical practice. The couple had a daughter in 1922. One year later, Mabel died from appendicitis complications. She was posthumously awarded the Order of St. Sava by King Alexander of Serbia. -- source link
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