DR JAMES BARRY: A WOMAN AHEAD OF HER TIME

Dr James Barry (1789-1865) was an 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. Long ago in Cork, Ireland, he had also been a mother. This is the amazing tale of Margaret Anne Bulkley, the young woman who broke the rules of society to become one of the most respected surgeons of the century.