Jessie Handyside Gellatly was one of the UK's first university-qualified female doctors. She was one of 16 female doctors who served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in the First World War, and serve
The grave of Jessie Gellatly, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh
8 Mary's Place, Edinburgh
Leith Hospital was situated on Mill Lane in Leith, Edinburgh, and was a general hospital with adult medical and surgical wards, paediatric medical and surgical wards, a casualty department and a wide
Jessie Gellatly
…she entered University of Edinburgh studying alongside Agnes Marshall Cowan and others and graduating with and MB ChB in 1906. She initially worked at Leith Hospital (also with Agnes) and then worked for three years as a medical officer for Cadbury in Bourneville. In 1909, she became the medical officer to Walthamstow…
Leith Hospital from Mill Lane
Medical block, Leith Hospital, Mill Lane
The King Street Jubilee Wing of Leith Hospital, which housed the surgical block