Title: The strange story of Dr. James Barry, army surgeon, Inspector-General of Hospitals
Description: After more than 40 years of service in the British Army as a surgeon, and attaining high rank, it was discovered that the diminutive but redoubtable Dr. James Barry was a woman ; she may have been the first woman of modern times to qualify as a doctor and practise as a surgeon, which, according to contemporary sources, she practised with remarkable intelligence and skill.
Subjects: Surgeons, Biography, Transvestes, Impostors and imposture, Physicians, Transvestism, Army surgeons, Women physicians, Colonies, Male impersonators, Passing (Identity)
Places: Great Britain, United Kingdom
People: James Barry (1795-1865)