Louise Hurrell

M. Louise Hurrell (August 6, 1871 – August 8, 1958) was an American physician and a member of the American Women's Hospitals Service in World War I.

Early life M. Louise Harrell was born on August 6, 1871, in Fort Erie, Ontario, to Agnes and Alfred B. Hurrell. Her father was a reeve and owned a general store in Fort Erie. At the age of four, she had infantile paralysis. She later became a naturalized citizen of the United States after moving to Buffalo, New York. She graduated from the University of Buffalo School of Medicine in 1902 with a Doctor of Medicine. She did graduate work at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and at London University. She later retired in 1941. She published the book The Doctors's Duffel Bag in 1920, which was about her experiences in World War I in France.

Personal life Hurrell lived on East Avenue in Rochester, New York. Following her retirement, she moved to a log cabin near Woodstock, New York, with her friend Jarretta K. Seger, an educator at State University of New York at Geneseo. They lived in Zena, New York, and later moved to Florida.

Hurrell died on August 8, 1958, at her home in DeBary, Florida. She was buried in Saugerties, New York.

Legacy For her service in World War I, Hurrell was awarded the Croix de Guerre with Palm. For her contributions in fighting typhoid, she was the only member of her unit awarded the Medal of Epidemics with Palm. She was made an honorary citizen of France by the government of France. In 1952, she was honored by the Medical Society of the State of New York for fifty years of service.