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from the time of her graduation, and for many years, served as an executive officer of that institution, where she also occupied the chair of clinical and operative gynaecology. In 1899, Mergler was elected dean of the school, succeeding Isaac N. Danforth, resigned. In
November 1895, she was elected
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for many years, and was also on the hospital staff of the Post-Graduate school, where she conducted a clinic in operative gynecology. Her great achievement was in assisting women to obtain the very best opportunities for a thorough medical education in the Woman's
Medical College at Chicago.
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Dunning, standing second in the competitive examination. She received the appointment and was assigned a position which she was not allowed to fill. The place was given to a man who was not required to take the examination. Mergler then travelled to Switzerland, where she studied
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Mergler distinguished herself for her ability in abdominal surgery. Her success in the classroom equalled that in the consulting room. Her lectures were scientific and rendered more valuable by her ability to classify her knowledge and her clear-cut mode of expressing herself.
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Chicago Medical Society, of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association, and the
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tribute to her skill. In 1899, she was appointed dean of the school by the trustees of the
Northwestern University, a position she held at the time of her death.
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in April 1901, for rest and restoration of health. Arriving at Los
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In 1881, Mergler returned to Chicago and opened a general practice.
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