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Dr James Barry: A Woman Ahead of Her Time by Jeremy Dronfield, Michael du Preez

Dr James Barry: A Woman Ahead of Her Time

Jeremy Dronfield, Michael du Preez

479 pages paperback 2016

4 editions

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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Dr James Barry: Inspector General of Hospitals, army surgeon, duellist, reformer, lady killer, eccentric. He performed the first successful Caesarean in the British Empire, outraged the military establishment and gave Florence Nightingale a dressi...

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