Madelaine Ray Brown | |
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Died | June 14, 1968 | (aged 69)
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Occupation(s) | Neurologist, medical researcher |
Madelaine Ray Brown (1898 – June 14, 1968 [1]) was an American neurologist based in Boston, Massachusetts. She specialized in the treatment of Ménière's disease, multiple sclerosis, and other neurological conditions. She also had multiple sclerosis for most of her adult career, and used a wheelchair and other adaptations to maintain a full schedule of teaching and research.
Madelaine Ray Brown was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the daughter of Robert Perkins Brown and Elizabeth Graham Ray Brown. [1] She earned a bachelor's degree from Bryn Mawr College in 1920, [2] a master's degree from Brown University in 1923, and a medical degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1927. [3] [4]
Brown was a neurologist and medical researcher affiliated with Cushing Veterans Hospital, New England Hospital for Women and Children, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston City Hospital, [5] and Tufts Medical School. [4] [6] She was president of the Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology. [7] She received an Elizabeth Blackwell Award from the New York Infirmary in 1954, for her "brilliant scientific work". [8] In 1957, she was honored as a Medical Woman of the Year by the American Medical Women's Association. [9] She was one of the founding members of the Muscular Dystrophy Research Foundation. [10]
Beyond her medical accomplishments, Brown collected antique pewter, especially pieces with Rhode Island origins, and was a charter member and treasurer of the Pewter Collectors' Club of America. [11] She loaned several items to a major exhibition of American pewter at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1939. [12]
Brown published her research in scientific journals including the Science, [13] Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), [6] [14] Annals of Internal Medicine, [15] the Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, [16] Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, [17] Medical Clinics of North America, [18] and the New England Journal of Medicine. [19] [20]
Brown had multiple sclerosis, diagnosed in the late 1920s. In the 1950s her health began to affect her ability to travel to professional conferences, though she continued to teach, see patients, and do research by using a wheelchair, "which has been her freedom from immobility since 1954", noted a 1957 profile. She also used an adapted telephone, and a hydraulic lift for positioning needs. [9] She died in a car accident in 1968. [1] She left her pewter collection to the Newport Historical Society and the Rhode Island Historical Society. [12] [27]
Madelaine Ray Brown | |
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Born | |
Died | June 14, 1968 | (aged 69)
Education | |
Occupation(s) | Neurologist, medical researcher |
Madelaine Ray Brown (1898 – June 14, 1968 [1]) was an American neurologist based in Boston, Massachusetts. She specialized in the treatment of Ménière's disease, multiple sclerosis, and other neurological conditions. She also had multiple sclerosis for most of her adult career, and used a wheelchair and other adaptations to maintain a full schedule of teaching and research.
Madelaine Ray Brown was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the daughter of Robert Perkins Brown and Elizabeth Graham Ray Brown. [1] She earned a bachelor's degree from Bryn Mawr College in 1920, [2] a master's degree from Brown University in 1923, and a medical degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1927. [3] [4]
Brown was a neurologist and medical researcher affiliated with Cushing Veterans Hospital, New England Hospital for Women and Children, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston City Hospital, [5] and Tufts Medical School. [4] [6] She was president of the Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology. [7] She received an Elizabeth Blackwell Award from the New York Infirmary in 1954, for her "brilliant scientific work". [8] In 1957, she was honored as a Medical Woman of the Year by the American Medical Women's Association. [9] She was one of the founding members of the Muscular Dystrophy Research Foundation. [10]
Beyond her medical accomplishments, Brown collected antique pewter, especially pieces with Rhode Island origins, and was a charter member and treasurer of the Pewter Collectors' Club of America. [11] She loaned several items to a major exhibition of American pewter at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1939. [12]
Brown published her research in scientific journals including the Science, [13] Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), [6] [14] Annals of Internal Medicine, [15] the Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, [16] Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, [17] Medical Clinics of North America, [18] and the New England Journal of Medicine. [19] [20]
Brown had multiple sclerosis, diagnosed in the late 1920s. In the 1950s her health began to affect her ability to travel to professional conferences, though she continued to teach, see patients, and do research by using a wheelchair, "which has been her freedom from immobility since 1954", noted a 1957 profile. She also used an adapted telephone, and a hydraulic lift for positioning needs. [9] She died in a car accident in 1968. [1] She left her pewter collection to the Newport Historical Society and the Rhode Island Historical Society. [12] [27]