The strange story of Dr. James Barry :

Rae, Isobel, 1902-

The strange story of Dr. James Barry : army surgeon, Inspector-General of Hospitals, discovered on death to be a woman / by Isobel Rae. - London : Longmans, Green and , 1958. - vii, 124 pages : illustrations, portraits

Includes bibliographical references and index.

After more than 40 years of service in the British Army as a surgeon, and attaining high rank, it was discovered that the diminutive but redoubtable Dr. James Barry was a woman ; she may have been the first woman of modern times to qualify as a doctor and practise as a surgeon, which, according to contemporary sources, she practised with remarkable intelligence and skill.

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Barry, James, 1741-1806.
Barry, James, 1741-1806.
Barry, James, 1795-1865


Surgeons--Great Britain--Biography.
Surgeons.
Surgeons.


Great Britain.
United Kingdom.


Biographies.
Biographies.
Biography.

UH347.B3 / R3

355.345092

WZ 100 / B279RA 1958

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