Obituaries
Sheila Maclean Ross
BMJ 2011; 343 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d5834 (Published 14 September 2011) Cite this as: BMJ 2011;343:d5834
- J R Y Ross
Sheila Maclean Ross was the daughter of Dr James Ross, consultant ophthalmologist at Carlisle. The day after she was born, her father wrote (to her older brother): “Her name is Sheila Maclean Ross. If she had been a boy, the name would (perhaps!) have been Heila, for a Healer is a Doctor. I suppose Sheila (or Shealer) is a “lady-doctor” or “doctoress,” or something else you can invent for yourself. Joking …
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