Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald
Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald | |
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| Born | 3 August 1872 Preston Candover, Hampshire, England |
| Died | 24 August 1973 (aged 101) Oxford, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physiology, pathology |
Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald (3 August 1872 – 24 August 1973) was a British physiologist and clinical pathologist best known for her work on the physiology of respiration. She became the second female member of the American Physiological Society in 1913. She worked with many great scientists during her research like William Osler, John Scott Haldane, Charles Scott Sherrington, and many more in a plethora of fields like pathology, immunology, gastroenterology, respiratory physiology and neurobiology.Mabel published a total of eleven papers over her work.