Cornelia Adeline McConville (1869-1949) was a pioneering ophthalmologist who broke barriers for women in medicine, graduating from Cornell and the Women’s Medical College of New York. She assisted Dr. John Elmer Weeks at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, later founding the Oneida Mountain Hospital in Kentucky to treat trachoma and improve eye health in the region. Despite challenges, she persevered in her mission to provide medical care, leaving a lasting legacy even after her retirement in 1942.
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