Sarah McNutt

Sarah Jane McNutt (July 22, 1839 – September 10, 1930) was an American physician, notable as the first woman inducted into the American Neurological Association. McNutt was a founder of the Babies' Hospital in New York City, now known as Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, along with her sister Dr. Julia G McNutt. Her mentors and co-workers Elizabeth Blackwell and Emily Blackwell were some of the first female physicians in the United States. She focused her work on pediatrics, neurology, and medical education.

Early life McNutt was born in Warrensburg, New York to parents James McNutt and Adaline (Waite) McNutt. Her sister, Julia McNutt (1844-1928), was also a physician. She spent much of her time working towards creating the field of pediatrics, designing a specialty in diseases of children. She would later publish six additional cases of spastic hemiplegia.

McNutt's work on what we now call cerebral palsy was cited in William Gowers' seminal textbook Manual of Diseases of the Nervous System. MacDonald Critchley, in his biography of Gowers, wrote that he was not a "rabid misogynist" but thought McNutt had contributed more than any other women at that time. Her work is also cited in William Osler's book The Cerebral Palsies of Children, and in A Study of Cerebral Palsies of Early Life, Based Upon an Analysis of One Hundred and Forty Cases by Bernard Sachs' and Frederick Peterson.

Death McNutt died in Albany, New York on September 10, 1930.

Medical societies New York Academy of Medicine New York County Medical Society State and American Medical Associations Women's Medical Society Women's State Medical Society McNutt was elected 3rd vice president of New York chapter New York Pathological Society Schenectady County Medical Society American Society of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis American Neurological Association (1884-1902)

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