Charlotte Bacon (physician)
Charlotte Bacon | |
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| Born | Charlotte Bailey April 18, 1884 |
| Died | 5 October 1976 (aged 92) |
| Other names | Peh-Si-Nai |
| Education | University of Birmingham (MB ChB), 1908 |
| Spouse | John Lionel Bacon |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Medical missionary |
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Charlotte Bacon (née Bailey; 18 April 1884 – 15 October 1976) was a British medical missionary and author. She was one of the first women admitted to the University of Birmingham and the first woman doctor of Birmingham Children's Hospital.
She worked for over 35 years in China as a medical officer with the Church Mission Society and helped build and run the Way of Life Hospital in the province of Kwangsi, where she was the first woman doctor of Western medicine in the region.