Stella Stevens Bradford

Stella Stevens Bradford (27 ga Yuni, 1871 - 20 ga Janairu, 1959) likita ce ta Amurka, wacce aka sani da "shugaban farko"  wajen amfani da maganin motsa jiki don gyara jiki.

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Stella Stevens Bradford a Montclair, New Jersey, babban ɗa ga Amory Howe Bradford da Julia Stevens Bradford. Mahaifinta da ɗan'uwanta, Arthur Howe Bradford, malaman coci ne.   Goggon ta, Cornelia Foster Bradford, ma'aikaciyar zamantakewa ce kuma mai ilimi a New Jersey. Ɗan'uwanta, wanda kuma ake kira Amory Howe Bradford, shi ne mataimakin shugaban jaridar The New York Times .  Bradfords sun fito ne daga William Bradford, gwamnan Plymouth Colony . Bradford ta sami digirin farko a Kwalejin Smith a 1893,  inda ta kasance shugabar farko ta Ƙungiyar Ayyukan Kirista ta Kwalejin Smith.  Ta ƙara nazarin ilimin zamantakewa a Jami'ar New York da Jamusanci (tare da izini na musamman) a Jami'ar Göttingen,   kuma ta sami digirin likitanci a Kwalejin Kiwon Lafiya ta Jami'ar Cornell a 1902.   

 Sana'a 
Bradford ta koyar makaranta kafin ta sami digirin likitanci. [1] Ta buɗe wani asibiti a garinsu a shekarar 1903. Ta yi aiki a matsayin mai duba lafiyar yara a Montclair kuma ta kafa asibitin tarin fuka a Asibitin Gouverneur da ke birnin New York. Daga 1907 ta kasance jami'ar lafiya a Ramapo Hills Sanitarium, kuma daga 1910 ta zama babban jami'in kula da lafiya na Adams Place, wani wurin kula da tsofaffi a New Jersey. Ta taimaka wajen fara hidimar kula da lafiyar jama'a ta Montclair, kuma ita ce darektan lafiya na farko a makarantar kula da yara ta cikin gida a birnin.

Aikin Bradford ya ƙara mai da hankali kan kula da lafiyar jiki da kuma gyara ga yara da manya da cutar tarin fuka, polio, zazzabin rheumatic, da sauran cututtuka suka shafa.  Ta yi karatun dabarun aiki a Asibitin Birnin Boston da kuma a Denmark a makarantar Niels Bukh . "Ina matukar farin ciki da sakamakon da Mr. Bukh ya cimma," in ji ta a shekarar 1929. "Hanyar koyarwa tasa ta samar da kyakkyawan ci gaba a yanayin lafiyar matasa."  Daga 1932 zuwa 1936 ta kasance darektan kula da lafiyar jiki a Asibitin Mountainside . Daga 1950 zuwa 1953 ta kasance darakta mai riƙo a Sashen Kula da Lafiyar Jiki da Gyaran Jiki na Asibitin.  

Bradford ta kasance shugabar ƙungiyar mata ta kasuwanci da ƙwararru ta Montclair a shekarar 1937.  A shekarar 1936, ƙungiyar ta kafa Asusun Tallafin Karatu na Stella Stevens Bradford, don ƙarfafa burin ilimi na 'yan mata masu sha'awar aikin likitanci.  A shekarar 1950, ƙungiyoyin hidimar mata na gundumar Essex sun ba ta lambar yabo ta musamman ga matar gundumar Essex.  Ta yi ritaya a shekarar 1956.  A shekarar 1957, ƙungiyar likitoci ta New Jersey ta nuna nasarorin da ta samu a aikinta da lambar yabo ta Golden Merit. 

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
Bradford ta mutu a birnin New York a shekarar 1959, tana da shekaru 87.   "Ta hanyar dabi'arta ta warkar da zukata da tunani da kuma jiki, ta yi wahayi zuwa ga bege da kuma ba da ƙarfi da sabon hangen nesa, ta sake gina sabuwar duniya ga waɗanda ke cikin fid da zuciya," in ji editocin jaridar The Montclair Times a cikin girmamawa.  An ba da jakar lafiyarta ga ƙungiyar tarihi ta Montclair .
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1959