Dr James Barry :
a woman ahead of her time /
Michael Du Preez & Jeremy Dronfield.
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| Summary: | Dr James Barry: Inspector General of Hospitals, army surgeon, duellist, reformer, lady killer, eccentric. He performed the first Caesarean in Africa, was deported from St Helena and gave Florence Nightingale a dressing down in the Crimea. At home, he was surrounded by a menagerie of animals, including a cat, a goat, a parrot and half a dozen small terriers. Long ago, in another life in Cork, Ireland, he had also been a mother. This is the amazing true story of Margaret Ann Bulkey, the young woman who broke the rules of Georgian society to become one of the most respected surgeons of the century. Her life became one long, audacious act of deception that saw her rise to positions no woman had ever reached before, but it also left her isolated, even costing her the chance to be with the man she loved. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Oneworld,
2016.
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Physical description: xiii, 479 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 24 cm more |
| ISBN: | 9781780748313 1780748310 9781786071194 1786071193 |
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