Author(s): JM SomervilleJournal Issue: Volume 35: Issue 3: 2005 Format Abstract Set in a period when women were finding new avenues for their intellectual abilities, this article gives a short account of the genesis, achievements and collapse of the first Medical School for Women in Scotland, set up by Dr Sophia Jex-Blake. PDF https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/sites/default/files/somerville_jex_blake.pdf