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{{short description|Scottish gynaecological surgeon}}
{{Infobox academic
| name = Alice Bloomfield
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1895|10|13}}
| birth_place = [[India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1977|01|05|1895|10|13}}
| alma_mater = [[University of Edinburgh]]
| occupation = [[gynaecologist]]<br/>[[barrister]]
| workplaces = {{plainlist|
* Royal College of Surgeons
* Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
* Women's Medical Federation
* Women's Visiting Gynaecological Club
* Minister of Health's Medical Advisory Committee}}
| notable_works = [https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/22710 Artificial pneumothorax in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (1921)]
| awards = {{plainlist|
* Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (1922)
* Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (1935)
* Barrister-at-Law (1964)}}
| thesis_title = Artificial pneumothorax in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (1921)
| thesis_url = 
| thesis_year = 
|nationality=[[United Kingdom|Scottish]]}}

'''Alice Bloomfield''' [[Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons|FRCS]] [[Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists|FRCOG]](13 October 1895 – 5 January 1977) was a Scottish [[gynaecological]] surgeon and Fellow of the [[Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists]], recognised for her active involvement in the [[London]] medical community.<ref name=":0" />

== Early life ==
Alice Bloomfield was born in India to a merchant father. Following the death of her father who was murdered by terrorists, she moved to [[Scotland]] with her mother and sister.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/biogs/E006332b.htm|title=Bloomfield, Alice - Biographical entry - Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online|last=England|first=Royal College of Surgeons of|website=livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-07-09}}</ref>

== Education ==
[[File:View of Arthur's Seat from Edinburgh Castle.JPG|thumb|262x262px|Edinburgh]]
[[File:South London Hospital for Women, Clapham Common Wellcome L0038374.jpg|thumb|258x258px|South London Hospital for Women]]
Bloomfield was a medical student at the [[University of Edinburgh]] where she earned several academic accolades, including the Annandale Gold Medal for clinical surgery and the silver medal for systematic chemistry.<ref name=":1" /> In 1919, Bloomfield graduated from the University of Edinburgh with [[First-class honours|first class honours]]. She was later awarded the Leckie Mactier postgraduate scholarship and the William Gibson research fellowship. She completed her [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]] in 1921,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bloomfield|first=Alice|date=1921|title=Artificial pneumothorax in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: with notes on 20 cases so treated|language=en|hdl=1842/22710}}</ref> became a Fellow of the [[Royal College of Surgeons of England|Royal College of Surgeons]] in 1922 and completed a [[Master of Surgery|Master's in Surgery]] in 1929.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bloomfield|first=Alice|date=1929|title=The development (prenatal) of the female genital tube|language=en|hdl=1842/28321}}</ref>

== Career ==

At the age of 28, after completing resident appointments at the Hospital for Women in [[Soho Square]] and [[Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital|Queen Charlotte's Hospital]], Bloomfield became consultant surgeon in gynaecology at the [[South London Hospital for Women and Children|South London Hospital for Women]] where she spent most of her career. She was also employed by the Marie Curie Hospital.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://rcogheritage.wordpress.com/2017/05/05/pioneers-alice-bloomfield/|title=Pioneers: Alice Bloomfield|date=2017-05-05|work=Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Heritage Blog|access-date=2018-07-09|language=en-US}}</ref>

Bloomfield was active in the London medical community and was a founder member of the [[Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists]] (RCOG). In 1935, she was appointed as a fellow of the College at the behest of co-founder Sir William Fletcher Shaw. She served three terms on the RCOG Council: 1942-1944, 1946-1948 and 1951-1953, and later served as Chair of the Examining Board.<ref name=":0" /> Bloomfield was also a founder of the Women's Visiting Gynaecological Club, a member of the Women's Medical Federation, and participated in the 1942 Minister of Health's Medical Advisory Committee to advise on the development of Health Services in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=1942-11-26a.877.6#g878.12|title=Medical Advisory Committee (Appointment): 26 Nov 1942: House of Commons debates - TheyWorkForYou|website=TheyWorkForYou|language=en|access-date=2018-07-09}}</ref>

Bloomfield presented several papers at the [[Royal Society of Medicine]] and wrote on subjects like abdominal surgery on the [[uterus]], the effects of prolonged [[Estrogen|oestrogen]] administration, and male and female [[infertility]].<ref name=":0" />

Bloomfield was a part of many different research projects and help contribute to many medical discoveries. She helped author "The Development of The Lower End of The Vagina" in 1927. In this journal, Bloomfield works alongside J. Ernest Frazer to break down each part of the lower end of the vagina into 3 different main groups.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bloomfield |first1=Alice |last2=Frazer |first2=Ernest |title=The Development of the Lower end of the vagina |journal=Journal of Anatomy |volume=62 |issue=Pt 1 |pages=9–32 |date=1927 |pmc=1250046 |pmid=17104175 }}</ref> 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" <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bloomfield|first=Alice|date=April 1, 1927|title=Cyst Occupying the Utero-Vesical Space|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine|volume=20|issue=6|pages=871–872|doi=10.1177/003591572702000643|doi-access=free}}</ref> 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 [[Call to the bar|called to the Bar]] and practised as a criminal [[barrister]] in the south western circuit.<ref name=":0" /> She was even taking classes to learn the language of Spanish in her final days of her life. Throughout her life, Bloomfield was known for being kind and gracious towards her patients, but was considered to be temperamental with her colleagues and other peer members.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/22710 Thesis: Artificial pneumothorax in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (1921)]

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