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1. This ancient Egyptian woman is referred to as 'Chief Physician' in a temple pyramid dating from 2700 BCE.
2. This Athenian woman dressed as a man in order to work as a physician in Ancient Greece.
3. This German woman was a philosopher, physician and natural healer. Among other things she wrote medicinal texts.
4. This ancient Greek physician wrote a book entitled "On the Diseases and Cures of Women" during the Golden Age of Greece.
5. This medieval woman was a physician and professor of medicine. She specialized on the diseases common among women. A whole body of work on female illness, carries her name.
6. This woman physician worked as a missionary in China and opened the first Medical school for women called 'Hackett Medical College'.
7. Probably the most famous female physician because it was she who earned the first medical degree in the United States.
8. This pediatrician also developed a philosophy of education that essentially taught teachers to 'Follow the Child'.
9. This obstetrical anesthesiologist gave her name to a score that evaluated the health of newborns point by point.
10. This controversial Surgeon General of the United States was the first African-American physician to be appointed to the post.
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