BIO: Juanita Shaffer McLAUGHLIN, Mercersburg, Franklin County, PA

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Medical Men of Franklin County, 1750-1925 by Ambrose Watts Thrush, M.D.;
Chambersburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Franklin County, Page 249
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JUANITA SHAFFER McLAUGHLIN

  Juanita S. McLaughlin was born at San Jose, California, on May 7, 1901, a 
daughter of Charles W. and Susan Blanche (Young) McLaughlin.  The parents are 
natives of Franklin County and later returned from California and located in 
Mercersburg.

  Miss McLaughlin graduated in 1917 from the Mercersburg high school and then 
spent two years in Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pa., and one summer term at 
Pennsylvania State College.  Deciding to study medicine she then entered the 
Women's Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., and was graduated M. D. in 1923 from 
this institution.  After graduation Dr. McLaughlin spent one year as intern in 
South Side Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa., and about seven months in West 
Philadelphia Hospital for Women, and in 1925 from April to August was an interne 
in the Philadelphia Hospital for Contagious Diseases.  In August, 1926, she 
located in Mercersburg in the general practice of medicine.

  Dr. McLaughlin is a member of the Medical Society, a Presbyterian by faith and 
a Republican in politics.  She resides with her parents at Hotel Mercer, 
Mercersburg, Pa.