Dr. Susan T. Dimock
One of the most successful women surgeons in the land, Dr.
SUSAN T. DIMOCK, after thorough preparation here and in European hospitals, was drowned in the steamship
" Schiller " on her way to England. She studied in Zurich ; and her graduating thesis was considered a
careful and scientific analysis of a difficult subject. It was published in German with this title : "Uber die
Verschiedenen Formen des Puerperal Fieber. Inaugural Dissertation by Susan T. Dimock, aus Boston."
(1 On the Different Forms of Puerperal Fever.)
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the wreck of the " Schiller; "and her funeral took place June 4, 1875, from the Church of the Disciples,
Boston; the pastor, Rev. Dr. J. Freeman Clarke, officiating. Eight eminent male physicians of Boston were
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"Dr. Clarke recalled with marked eloquence and tenderness the salient traits of Dr.
Dimock's character, her gentleness and strength, her sweetness and cheerfulness. He also read extracts
from a letter, narrating a few incidents of the wreck immediately connected with the death of Miss Dimock. " When last seen," the letter said, "she was kneeling on the deck, praying aloud; and, as she
knelt, a sea broke over the vessel, and swept her with a group near her out of human sight or aid When
she was taken from the water, her face wore a peaceful, even a happy expression. The inhabitants of the island
were touched by its sweet repose ; and the body was presently strewn with flowers by compassionate men
and women. Even the fishermen who bore the body to the steamer which brought her home felt
the same influence; one of them saying, as they left the bier, ' We laid her down as softly as ever her
own mother did.' " A free bed at the hospital in Boston, where she was the honored and beloved
physician, is established as a memorial.
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