As a physician, Gedroits was always concerned about low standards of hygiene, nutrition and sanitation. Google Doodle celebrates Vera Gedroits 151st birthday
Google on Monday marked the 151st birth anniversary of Russian surgeon, poet, and professor Vera Gedroits with a Doodle.
Gedroits was the first-ever female military surgeon in Russia and the first female professor of surgery, and the first woman to serve as a physician in the Imperial Palace of Russia.
She saved countless lives through her fearless service and innovations in the field of wartime medicine.
She was born Vera Ignatievna Gedroits on this day in 1870 into a prominent family of Lithuanian royal descent in Kiev, then part of the Russian Empire.