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and she agreed to follow him to Haifa the city of his Henrys youth. The decision was not easy, as her passion was her work as a doctor and the employment of Henry would mean she had to end her work in
Antakya. But her salary depended on the what her clients were able to give, how it was common for
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treatments were performed. The treatments were usually for free, but with the wealthy, terms on a just remuneration was agreed upon. Her stay in Urfa was cut short, as she was prohibited to continue her work as a medic in Urfa by the
Ottoman authorities. In March 1898, Zürcher was provided with a
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epidemic she opened a pharmacy. Shortly after the local
Government official demanded a renovation of the license for the clinic. Later he also demanded that pharmacies are only allowed to provide services with an Ottoman license. After more obstacles, she decided to move on.
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in Urfa. After some negotiations, she was allowed to enter the
Ottoman Empire as a doctor under the precondition, that she would dress as a man for as long she was not in an exclusively female environment, after she had passed Aleppo on her way to Urfa.
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where Zürcher prevented the closure of the German hospital as she (in contrary to the acting head doctor) was in possession of a permit from the
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and was the fifth woman who registered for the state exam to become a medic in 1891. But even though she was allowed to work as a medic in
Switzerland, the clinics refused to employ her. She went to
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153:. In Urdorf her father became a breeder of gooses and her mother took care of children in the summer months. Her father didn't recover fully and died in 1876. Being a
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the doctors in the
Ottoman Empire and that the employment of Henry provided the family with a calculable income weighed in and she agreed to the move to Haifa.
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point of view in 1895. She was the 13. Swiss woman to obtain a doctorate in medicine. Her doctoral advisor was the Swiss psychiatrist
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medic in the region, which gave her a valuable status by the local population as well as in the
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