Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Barker, Fordyce

​BARKER, FORDYCE, an American physician, born in Wilton, Franklin co., Me., May 2, 1819. Completing courses at Bowdoin, Harvard, and in Europe, he entered upon the practice of his profession in Norwich in 1845. He made a specialty of obstetrics and diseases of women. After serving as Professor of Midwifery at Bowdoin, he removed to New York City in 1850. He was an incorporator of the New York Medical College and obstetrical surgeon to Bellevue Hospital. He wrote "Puerperal Diseases" and "On Seasickness." He died in New York City, May 30, 1891.

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