Selma Feldbach (May 5, 1878 – April 2, 1924) was the first
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
n woman to become a medical doctor.
In 1904 she graduated in medicine from the
University of Bern
The University of Bern (german: Universität Bern, french: Université de Berne, la, Universitas Bernensis) is a university in the Switzerland, Swiss capital of Bern and was founded in 1834. It is regulated and financed by the Canton of Bern. It ...
.
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20th-century Estonian physicians
Estonian women physicians
1878 births
1924 deaths
University of Bern alumni
Estonian expatriates in Switzerland
Physicians from the Russian Empire
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