born 1874 · Fellow in pathology at Johns Hopkins University; author of the 1902 Johns Hopkins Hospital Reports paper on the pathological changes in Hodgkin's disease
Dorothy Reed
Johns Hopkins University and Hospital
Dorothy Reed, born in 1874, wrote and illustrated her 1902 paper on Hodgkin's disease during a year as fellow in pathology at Johns Hopkins, according to Dawson (2003). She left pathology after that year and later became a pioneer in maternal and child health (Dawson 2003). The characteristic giant cell is named in part after her.