James Barry (Margaret Ann Bulkley)
James Barry (1789-1865) was a British surgeon.
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Biography
- Born ‘Margaret Ann Bulkley’ Cork, Ireland
- 1809-1812 MD Edinburgh University
- 1813 – St Thomas Hospital, London; examined at the Royal College of Surgeons and recruited into the army
- Inspector-General of Hospitals
- Died 25 July 1865
Medical Eponyms
Key Medical Attributions
- 1826 – Performed first recorded successful caesarean section (in the English-speaking world) with survival of both mother and child
Controversies
Major Publications
- Jacobus Barry. Disputatio Medica Inaugralis, de Merocele, vel Hernia Crurali [An inaugural medical dissertation concerning merocele or femoral hernia] (Doctoral thesis)
References
- du Preez HM. Dr James Barry: The early years revealed
- Imposters: Dr James Barry. BBC World Service. 1999 [Podcast]
- Rae I. The strange story of Dr James Barry. Longmans, Green. 1958
- Hacker C. The Indomitable Lady Doctors Formac 2001
- Du Preez: Dr James Barry (1789–1865): the Edinburgh years. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 2012; 42: 258–65
- du Preez HM, Dronfield J. Dr James Barry: A Woman Ahead of Her Time 2016 [Guardian Review]
- Wirtzfeld DA. The history of women in surgery. Can J Surg. 2009;52(4):317–320. [PMC2724816]
eponym
the person behind the name
GP trainee in the UK after three years of Emergency Medicine in Brisbane and Perth. Fascinated by the history of medicine.
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