Drss.

Definitions

Abbreviation of doctress; a title used for a female doctor.

abbreviation, alt-of, obsolete, rare

Examples

“The Cleveland College and Hospital for Women sends us their third announcement. The faculty are: G.H. Blair, on Practice; Drss. Merrick, on Midwifery; Saunders, on Surgery; Brush, Chemistry; Cyriax; Materia Medica; Boynton, Physiology, Pathology and Microscopy; Brown, Anatomy; Chase⟳, Jurisprudence; and Drss. Canfield, Demonstrator”

“Drss. Gœway presents an essay on dysmenorrhœa.”

“Drss. Ella R. Swinney of Smyrna, Del., has been appointed medical missionary to Shanghai, China, by the Baptist Board⟳.”

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