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Robert Barnes was a nineteenth-century British physician specializing in obstetrics and gynecology. He wrote and taught extensively on difficult labor, obstetric operations, hemorrhage, and diseases affecting women, and held appointments at several London hospitals. His name is associated with Barnes bags, inflatable hydrostatic dilators designed to widen the cervix during labor, and with obstetric instruments and techniques used in operative delivery.
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Who was Robert Barnes, the nineteenth-century surgeon?
Robert Barnes was an English obstetric physician, gynecologist, teacher, and author born in Norwich in 1817. He died in 1907 after holding senior medical appointments in London. [AIM25 archive](https://atom.aim25.com/index.php/barnes-robert-1817-1907-2)
What books did Robert Barnes write?
His works included Obstetric Operations and A System of Obstetric Medicine and Surgery. He also wrote A Synoptical Guide to the Study of Obstetrics, published in 1883 for students and practitioners. [Wellcome and library records](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AA_synoptical_guide_to_the_study_of_obstetrics_%28electronic_resource%29_-_being_an_aid_to_the_student_in_the_class-room%2C_in_private_study_and_in_preparing_for_examinations_%28IA_b20398748%29.pdf)
What medical subjects did Robert Barnes specialize in?
Barnes wrote and taught about difficult labor, obstetric operations, hemorrhage, and diseases affecting women. His work belongs to the period when obstetrics and gynecology were becoming more formally organized as medical specialties. [AIM25 archive](https://atom.aim25.com/index.php/barnes-robert-1817-1907-2)
Which London hospitals employed Robert Barnes?
His appointments included the London Hospital, St Thomas' Hospital, and St George's Hospital. The archive records him as obstetrician in chief at St George's in 1875 and consulting obstetrician there in 1885. [AIM25 archive](https://atom.aim25.com/index.php/barnes-robert-1817-1907-2)
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