Karolina Eskelin (1867 - 1936)

Short name Karolina Eskelin
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First name Karolina
Birth name Eskelin
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Date of birth 1867
Date of death 1936
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Sex Female
Place of birth Finland
Place of death Finland
Lived in Finland
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Education Higher education, Other, School education
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Karolina Eskelin was ...
related to Ina Rosqvist
related to Ellen Ahlqvist
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Mentioned in Suomalainen kirjallisuus 1896-1900
Karolina Eskelin was the second female medic in Finland; she became candidate of medicine 1891 and doctor of medicine in 1896 - she was the first female doctor altogether at the university. She worked as a doctor in Helsinki and Tampere and made study trips. She also worked as a doctor in USA. Eskelin had a practice in Helsinki and she was also along founding a recovery home for poor female patients. Eskelin wrote much about medicine and worked as an editor for medical books. JWmay14