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*[[Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald]], physiologist and clinical pathologist best known for her work on the physiology of respiration.
*[[Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald]], physiologist and clinical pathologist best known for her work on the physiology of respiration.
*[[Marian Dawkins]], a biologist who is Professor of animal behaviour at the University of Oxford. She is married to the controversial evolutionary biologist and writer [[Richard Dawkins]].
*[[Marian Dawkins]], a biologist who is Professor of animal behaviour at the University of Oxford. She is married to the controversial evolutionary biologist and writer [[Richard Dawkins]].
*[[Rosa Beddington]], a scientist whose career had a major impact on developmental biology. A talented artist, she designed the Waddington Medal, awarded for outstanding performance and contribution to the field of developmental biology.
*[[Edith Bülbring]], a scientist in the field of smooth muscle physiology and one of the first women accepted to the Royal Society as a fellow (FRS).
*[[Helen Muir]], a rheumatologist. She is best known for pioneering work into the causes of [[osteoarthritis]].
*[[Helen Muir]], a rheumatologist. She is best known for pioneering work into the causes of [[osteoarthritis]].
*[[Janet Vaughan]], a physiologist who discovered that, as a female doctor, she had difficulties gaining access to the patients and experimented on pigeons. Virginia Woolf described her as 'an attractive woman; competent, disinterested, taking blood tests all day to solve abstract problems'.
*[[Janet Vaughan]], a physiologist who discovered that, as a female doctor, she had difficulties gaining access to the patients and experimented on pigeons. Virginia Woolf described her as 'an attractive woman; competent, disinterested, taking blood tests all day to solve abstract problems'.

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