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The strange story of Dr. James Barry : army surgeon, Inspector-General of Hospitals, discovered on death to be a woman / by Isobel Rae.

By:

Rae, Isobel, 1902-

Publication details: London : Longmans, Green and , 1958.Description: vii, 124 pages : illustrations, portraitsContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

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Additional physical formats: Strange story of Dr James Barry.DDC classification:

355.345092 20

LOC classification:

UH347.B3 R3

NLM classification:

WZ 100

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	OCLC Data	Daphne Douglas Reading Room		Available		0000000004079

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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