Ruth S. Farnam belongs to the medical record as a figure whose work changed what could be treated.
The record lists Ruth S. Farnam as American nurse, soldier and writer.
Ruth S. Farnam was born at Patchogue in 1873.
Anaesthesia, antisepsis and germ theory arrived within fifty years and made modern surgery possible for the first time.
The recorded fields of work are health care and military.
Her principal contribution is A Nation at Bay. Medicine advances against a moving target, and its successes are counted in lives rather than papers.
Recognition followed: Order of St. Sava.
Ruth S. Farnam died in 1956, aged 83. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Order of St. Sava
- Notable work: A Nation at Bay
- Fields: health care and military
