Barber, Mary (1911–1965)

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Barber, Mary (1911–1965)

English pathologist. Born April 3, 1911, in England; killed in a road accident, Sept 1965; London School of Medicine for Women, MB and BS, 1936, MD, 1940.

Published 1st paper on Listeria meningitis (1937); issued results showing increase of penicillin resistance in staphylococci (1947); served as assistant pathologist and lecturer in bacteriology (1940–48), reader in clinical bacteriology (1958–63), and professor (1963–65) at British Postgraduate Medical School (BPMS), Hammersmith; studied cross-infection by staphylococci and developed policy at Hammersmith Hospital restricting use of antibiotics and recommending use of antibacterial drugs in combination; served at other hospitals, including Hill End and the City Hospitals, St. Albans (1939–40), and St. Thomas's Hospital (1948–58); published in many journals and coauthored (with L.P. Garrod) Antibiotic and Chemotherapy (1963); was among the 1st pathologists to show development of bacteria that was resistant to penicillin.

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