[DOC] [TLE] How Elizabeth Blackwell became the first female doctor in the U.S. ... [PAR] Jan 23, 2014 ... Portrait of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor in the United States. ... 
through the birth canal, Elizabeth contaminated her left eye and lost sight in it. 
This injury prevented her from becoming a surgeon. ... When she returned to the 
United States in 1850, she began practice in New York City but found it... [DOC] [TLE] Heart-wrenching photo of doctor crying goes viral. Here's why ... [PAR] Mar 20, 2015 ... I asked him to consider, Who did she harm by crying? ... the doctors and nurses 
formed a wall in front of us until she was gone. ... But I couldn't see myself doing 
anything else. .... That means 1 MILLION patients lose their doctor every year ...... 
I became quite attached to this patient and family and the family... [DOC] [TLE] The history of women in surgery - NCBI - National Institutes of Health [PAR] Not to fight for the right of a woman to become one, but ... Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell 
was the first female physician in the ... she contracted a supperative eye infection 
and lost ... In 1863, she became the first female surgeon in the US ... She was the 
surgeon to perform the first major... [DOC] [TLE] A Cataract Surgeon's Personal Experience With ... - All About Vision [PAR] A cataract surgeon's own cataracts convince him that it's better to undergo 
surgery ... This meant waiting until a patient's visual acuity was at least 20/50 or 
worse before I ... of our vision can deteriorate with cataracts even when the eye 
charts tell us that we ..... She became the first patient to whom I revealed that I 
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Science of Us recently spoke with Ingrid Ricks, a 47-year-old woman who lives in 
... At first they couldn't find anything wrong, and then the doctor looked at the ... 
and I was annoyed with her because I felt like she couldn't do her job... [DOC] [TLE] Trabeculectomy - Encyclopedia of Surgery [PAR] After the procedure, fluid can flow out onto the eye's surface, where it is ...... First 
my right eye, but by the time I took action, I was already legally blind in my right 
eye. ..... He had already lost the sight in the left eye when he had the lady surgery
. ... My mother had Left Eye Trabeculectomy in 2012, she still has pain and... [DOC] [TLE] Low Vision Resources Center  There Is Life After Macular ... [PAR] After five laser surgery procedures on my left eye to stop the leaking of blood .... 
About half way through the dinner, my vision in both eyes became blurred. ... This 
couldn't possibly be what they had meant by telling me that I would not lose all of 
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Question: Losing sight in the eye meant she couldn't perform surgery, but she became the USA's first woman doctor
Answer: Elizabeth Blackwell