Obituary of Dr. Hannah Rous, 1905

Obituaries are fairly common in the records of the Indiana Medical Society. But this one seemed worth highlighting as there weren't that many female doctors in Southern Indiana in the 1800s.

HANNAH C. ROUS, M. D.

MEMBER; OF THE SWITZERLAND COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.

Born In Switzerland County, Indiana, January 12, 1854.

Died At Vevay, Indiana, May 12, 1905.

Aged 51 Years.

Dr. Rous obtained her preliminary education in the common schools of the county, and the Vevay High School, being a graduate of the latter. She also attended the Moore's Hill Normal School, preparing herself for teaching, which occupation she followed a number of years. Having in this manner acquired the means necessary to obtain her medical education, she entered the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, from which institution she graduated in 1886.

She immediately began practice in her home city, Vevay, Ind., and continued actively engaged in her chosen profession until her fatal illness. In early life she joined the Methodist Episcopal Church and was a faithful and consistent member to the time of her death.

She was active and prominent in the County Medical Society, being Secretary from its organization until the last annual meeting when she declined re-election. In her death the county, State and American Medical Association lose one of their most valued and useful members. She died of cerebro-spinal meningitis, after a confinement to her bed of several weeks' duration. The entire medical profession of the city attended her funeral in a body.

(Prepared by Dr. J. P. Ward, Vevay, Indiana.)