Alice Bloomfield

Alice Bloomfield FRCS FRCOG (13 October 1895 – 5 January 1977) was a Scottish gynaecological surgeon and barrister. She was a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, recognised for her active involvement in the London medical community.

Early life and education Bloomfield was born on 13 October 1895 in British India to a merchant father. Following the murder of her father, Bloomfield, her mother and sister settled in Scotland. became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1922 and completed a Master's in Surgery in 1929.

Career

At the age of 28, after completing resident appointments at the Hospital for Women in Soho Square and Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Bloomfield became consultant surgeon in gynaecology at the South London Hospital for Women where she spent most of her career. She was also employed by the Marie Curie Hospital.

Bloomfield presented several papers at the Royal Society of Medicine and wrote on subjects like abdominal surgery on the uterus, the effects of prolonged oestrogen administration, and male and female infertility. Bloomfield made a name for herself in other medical journals and articles as well, some that were included in the "Section of Obstetrics in Gynaecology" are,

Cyst Occupying the Utero-Vesical Space Case of Patient Wolffian Duct A Case of Primary Carcinoma of the Fallopian Tube

Later life Following her retirement from medicine, Bloomfield studied law. At the age of 70, she was called to the Bar from Gray's Inn and practised as a criminal barrister in the south western circuit. At the time of her death Bloomfield was living in the village of Dibden Purlieu, Hampshire.