Florence Thomas

Florence Margaret Sarah Thomas (née Price; 30 December 1879 – 3 March 1957) was a Welsh ophthalmic surgeon and the first woman to join the medical staff at Swansea Hospital.

Early life and education Florence Price was born in Treorchy in Glamorgan to Rees Griffiths Price and Elizabeth Mathias. She was brought up in Carmarthen,

Florence Price attended the University of Edinburgh for the degrees of M.B. and Ch.B. graduating in 1904.

Career Florence Price was appointed house physician to Swansea Hospital in 1904. She was the first woman to join the staff, She continued working as a house physician and ophthalmic assistant and was appointed bacteriological assistant. She was described as having "unfailing attention to her duties and her kindness to the patients". She was one of only 533 women physicians in Great Britain in 1912. Francis Thomas also worked as an ophthalmologist at Swansea Hospital. They had four children, including Francis Brian Thomas F.R.C.S, an orthopaedic surgeon.