entered the Medical Department in the same University and was graduated with the degree of M . D . in 1841
Which school did Benjamin Fordyce Barker go to in 1840?
Benjamin Fordyce Barker Benjamin Fordyce Barker ( 1818–1891 ) , generally known as Fordyce Baker , was an obstetrician from Maine who was a visiting physician at Bellevue Hospital from 1855 to 1879 and a consulting physician there from 1879 to his death . Life . He was born at Wilton , Maine , May 2 , 1818 , the son of Doctor John Barker and Phebe Abbott . His father , a practitioner at Wilton , was formerly for two years an army surgeon in the War of 1812 . Fordyces early education was under the tutelage of his parents until eleven years of age , then began his classical training under his uncle John Abbott , at China , Maine . From thence he went to Farmington , Maine , to attend the school of Professor Green ; next he went to Limerick , Maine , to complete his preparation for college ; this he did under the guidance of his uncle by marriage , the Reverend Charles Freeman . He entered Bowdoin College in 1833 , graduating with the degree of A . B . in 1837 ; he then entered the Medical Department in the same University and was graduated with the degree of M . D . in 1841 , previously having received an A . M . in 1840 . Owing to signs of incipient tuberculosis he left Maine , riding on horseback to Norwich , Connecticut , where he finally settled . On September 14 , 1843 , he was married to Miss Elizabeth E . Dwight of Harrisburg , Pennsylvania . He spent the winter of 1844 and 1845 in Paris , graduating there in 1845 and returning to Norwich the same year , taking the position of lecturer on obstetrics at Bowdoin in 1845 and 1846 . In May , 1848 , he delivered the annual address before the Connecticut State Medical Society . He moved to New York in March , 1850 , to take part in the organization of the New York Medical College , to which he became professor of obstetrics and diseases of women and children . In 1856 he to make annual summer trips to Europe , which , with a single exception , were repeated up to the time of his death . In 1860 he became president of the New York State Medical Society . It was about this time that Bellevue Medical College , New York City , was founded , Dr . Barker becoming one of a faculty which was brought together there at that time . First he was professor of obstetrics , then professor of clinical midwifery and diseases of children , then professor emeritus . His associates in the field of obstetrics and allied subjects were Isaac E . Taylor and George T . Elliot . He was very active in promoting the union of the library of the Medical Journal Association and that of the New York Academy of Medicine . He was president of the Academy of Medicine from 1879 to 1885 , and he was president of the American Gynecological Society in 1876 and 1877 . Columbia College gave him the degree of LL . D . in 1878 , Edinburgh in 1884 , also Glasgow in 1888 , and Bowdoin in 1887 . He was president of the New York Obstetrical Society and vice-president of the International Medical Congress , London , 1888 . He was attending obstetrician at Bellevue Hospital from 1855 to 1879 , afterward consulting obstetrician from the latter date to his death in 1891 , also attending and then consulting surgeon at the New York State Womans Hospital . He was trained in the Congregational Church but died an Episcopalian . He had one son , Fordyce Barker , a banker , who survived him but a few years . He died at his home in New York City , May 30 , 1891 , of cerebral hemorrhage , his wife surviving him . Works . He contributed many written essays on the subject of his special work . ( See list by Doctor W . T . Lusk , Transactions of New York Academy of Medicine , 1891 , Second Series , volume viii , page 300 . See also Index Catalogue , Washington , D . C. , 1897 , second series , volume ii ) . In 1856 he was instrumental in introducing the hypodermic syringe into America . His principal work was his book Puerperal Diseases , Clinical Lectures delivered at Bellevue Hospital , New York , 1874 . It was translated into German , Italian , French , Spanish and Russian . Memberships . His contact with social life is attested by his club memberships such as the University , the Century and the Union , all of New York City . His interest in the wider activities of his day , are indicated in his membership in the following societies:— Physicians Mutual Aid Association , 1868 ; Fellow London Medical Society , 1878 ; Member London and Edinburgh Obstetrical Societies ; Corresponding Member Philadelphia Obstetrical Society , 1874 ; Royal Society of Greece ; president of the Anglo-American Society of Paris for October , 1890 ( unable to be present ) ; American Gynecological Society , 1876–77 ; vice-president International Medical Congress at London , 1881 ; visiting physician Bellevue Hospital , 1855–79 ; consulting physician , 1879–91 ; member of the Century Association ( N . Y. ) 1851 ; New York Academy of Design , 1864 ; American Geographic and Statistical Society , 1850 ; life member American Bible Society , 1867 ; St . Johns Guild , 1871 ; life member , Museum of Natural History ; member of Church Temperance Society and Charity Organization Society . References . - Attribution - This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Kelly , Howard A. ; Burrage , Walter L . eds . Black , Jeremiah Sullivan . American Medical Biographies Baltimore , The Norman , Remington Company , 1920 pp.60-2 . External links . - Guide to the Fordyce Barker papers , 1856-1891 at Duke University