BIOGRAPHY: Dr. Gertrude A. Goewey Bishop; Greenbush, Rensselaer co., NY
surname: Bishop, Goewey

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Author: From Biography in "History of Homoeopathy in Albany County, NY": 
Gertrude Anna GOEWEY BISHOP, M.D.-1878 (1838 - unknown)

Dr. Gertrude A. Bishop, sister of Dr. Catharine E. Goewey, page 168, was born
at Greenbush (Rensselaer), Rensselaer County, N.Y. She received an academical
and preparatory education at the New York Conference Seminary, at
Charlotteville, Schoharie County, N.Y.

She pursued the study of medicine under the supervision of Dr. H.M. Paine of
Albany and was graduated from the New York Medical College and Hospital for
Women in April, 1877.

Dr. Bishop came to Albany in the summer of 1878, remaining one year; and in
May, 1879, removed to 475 Madison Street, Brooklyn, NY, where in 1898, she
still resides.

OFFICES AND APPOINTMENTS
While an undergraduate, Dr. Bishop spent one years, 1874, and 1875, at the
State Homoeopathic Hospital for the Insane at Middletown, N. Y. She was the
first competent woman assistant appointed at that institution, and has the
credit of having inaugurated methods of treating gynaecological cases of
congestion and displacement, thereby contributing materially to the relief and
ultimate recovery of the unfortunate sufferers from reflex conditions,
hitherto misunderstood and neglected.

After graduation in the spring of 1877, she passed, creditably, a competitive
examination prior to an appointment for one term of six months, to the
position of Resident Physician to the Hospital maintained in connection with
the New York Homeopathic Medical College for Women.

After the expiration of the term of service at the Hospital in New York, she
accepted an appointment to the position of Resident Physician at Wellesley
College, Wellesley, Mass., where she remained one year.

While a resident of Albany, Dr. Bishop rendered regular and efficient service
at the Homoeopathic Hospital and Dispensary, thereby contributing materially
to its support and usefulness.

Dr. Bishop became a member of the Albany County Homoeopathic Medical Society
in 1878." continued on 2nd page which I do not have.

Additional Comments:
Dr. Gertrude Anna GOEWEY BISHOP was the daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth
WARNER GOEWEY, married George BISHOP in 1881, and wrote 6 medical papers. She
was my 2nd great grand aunt.