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“Edinburgh Seven” are granted degrees 150 years after their studies

BMJ 2019; 366 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4591 (Published 09 July 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;366:l4591
  1. Alison Shepherd
  1. The BMJ

Seven current medical students at Edinburgh University accepted degree certificates on behalf of the pioneering women who were among the first female students to be admitted to a British university (fig 1).

Fig 1

Pictured left to right are Violet Borkowska, Hikari Sakurai, Megan Cameron, Simran Piya, Izzie Dighero, Caitlin Taylor, and Mei …

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