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Show Woman on Hospital Board. Unique Distinction Held bp Miss Buf-lard Buf-lard of Virginia. Richmond, Va. Dr. Irene B. Billiard of Radford, recently appointed by tho fconornl hospital board ns third assistant assist-ant physician at tho Eastern State Dr. Irene B. Dullard. (Southern Girl Who Has Had An Unusual Un-usual Career.) Hospltul for tho insane at Williamsburg, Williams-burg, is tho only woman physician In tho stato and probably In tho south holding a responsible ofllclnl position undor a Btata govornmont in n professional profes-sional cnpaclty as a doctor of modi-clno. modi-clno. Dr. Bnllard, who Is yet In her twenties, looks youngor than hor years. Her social standing Is so high and hor beauty so, marked that sho could long since havo blossomed Into a hollo, but sho would havo nono of It. Sho hna been a bookworm from a child, dovourlng subJoctH far beyond hor years, whllo other girls wero yet with tholr dolls and their toys. Dr. Billiard graduated from Wads-worth Wads-worth high school, Rudford, whoro sho was born nnd reared, nt nn early ago. Sho attended a bcIiooI at Madison, Wis., afterward taking tho professional profession-al courso at Farmvlllo, teaching three years In tho public schools or Pulaski nftor her graduation. But tho science of medicine, to which tho child had been attracted, now lured tho girl, nnd, broadening her studluj ns her years advanced, she In tlmo obtained her degreo ns a doctor of medicine. To achieve this oud she became a trained nurse, practicing hor profession profes-sion at tho bulsldo ot her patlcnta for SMvsrn! years with great vuccess. Dr. Bullard Is the youngest daugi tor of Mrs. Mcta O. Bullard, and tho late Danlol Bullard, who settled In Virginia Vir-ginia prior to tho civil war. Though a native born Virginian, sho comes from Purltnn stock, uniting tho energy and progressiva traits ot tho Yankee with tho warm-heartedness and generous gener-ous impulsiveness of tho south. ' |