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Fordyce Barker

Benjamin Fordyce Barker

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Portrait of William Henry Welch, MD (1850-1934) in military officer’s uniform. Welch taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Pathology from 1878 to 1884. Dr. Welch served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War I, eventually rising to the rank of Brigadier General in the Reserve Corps and earning a Distinguished Service Medal for his wartime service.

Benjamin Fordyce Barker

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Signed photogravure portrait of Benjamin Fordyce Barker, MD (1818-1891). Dr. Barker taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1861 to 1890 as Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children (1861-1869), Professor of Clinical Midwifery (1869-1870), and Professor of Clinical Midwifery and Diseases of Women (1870-1890).