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Dr James Barry

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

Dr James Barry

By Jeremy Dronfield

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About the book

A Sunday Times Book of the YearAs featured on the BBC Radio 2 Book ClubDr James Barry: Inspector General of Hospitals, army surgeon, duellist, reformer, ladykiller, eccentric. He performed the first successful Caesarean in the British Empire, outraged the military establishment and gave Florence Nightingale a dressing down at Scutari. At home he was surrounded by a menagerie of animals, including a cat, a goat, a parrot and a terrier. Long ago in Cork, Ireland, he had also been a mother.This is ...Show more

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9781786071194

Publisher

Oneworld Publications

Published year

2017

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1

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Dr James Barry

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Paperback

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