Soon after, a fellowship in the department of anatomy at Johns Hopkins Medical School was created for her; by she was a professor of histology at the school. In her research work, Sabin made important contributions to knowledge of the histology of the brain and the development of the lymphatic systems, and to the understanding of the pathology and immunology of tuberculosis.
After her return to Colorado in , she became active in public health matters, and she played a key role in legislating Colorado's public health program after the end of World War II. Her father was unable to provide financial support. Mary took a teaching job. Meanwhile, in Baltimore, three wealthy women agreed to help finance a proposed medical school at Johns Hopkins University provided the school would accept women.
Florence learned about this opportunity. She enrolled and graduated with high honors in and served three internships there. Her ground-breaking work eventually would demonstrate that the lymphatic vessels develop from a special layer of of cells in certain fetal veins. This made her the first woman to become a full professor at any medical college in the country!
Just a few years later, in , Dr. Sabin was elected the first woman president of the American Association of Anatomists and first lifetime woman member of the National Academy of Sciences. Although a talented teacher, Dr. Sabin decided to concentrate on research. Her research focused on fighting tuberculosis. Florence Rena Sabin Florence Rena Sabin had successful careers as both a researcher and public health reformer.
Sources McMaster, Philip D. National Academy of Sciences 34 : — Brieger, Gert H. Ogilvie, Marilyn. Joy Harvey and Marilyn Ogilvie, — New York: Routledge,
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