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Rupa Bai Furdoonji
World's first female anesthetist, from Hyderabad, India
Rupa Bai Furdoonji (also Firdounji or Faridounji) was an Indian Parsi doctor who was the world's first female anesthetist.[1] She practiced medicine in Hyderabad, and played a major role in introducing the use of chloroform as an anesthetic in India.[1]