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Surgeon-General's Office correspondence acknowledging receipt of circular nos. 1-7

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 7

Collection Summary

Circular no. 1 (1868), Report on epidemic cholera and yellow fever in the U. S. Army during 1867, - no. 2 (1869), Report on excisions of the head of the femur for gunshot injury. - no. 3 (1871), Report of surgical cases treated in the U.S. Army from 1865 to 1871. - no. 4 (1870), Report on the barracks and hospitals of the U.S. Army with description of military posts. - no. 5 (1867), Report of epidemic cholera in the U.S. Army during the year 1866. - no. 6 (1865), Report of the extent and nature of the material available for preparation of a medial and surgical history of the Rebellion. - no. 7 (1867), A report on amputations at the hip-joint in military surgery.

Correspondents include Robert Adams, Heinrich Bamberger, Theodor Billroth, Theodor Ludwig Bischoff, Christian Wilhelm Braune, Paul Broca, William Budd, William B. Carpenter, Friedrich von Esmarch, Paul Fitzsimmons Eve, John Cooper Forster, Friedrich Theodore von Frerichs, G. Brown Goode, Charles R. Greenleaf, Samuel D. Gross, Ernest Hallier, Frank Hastings Hamilton, Henry Hancock, Jacob Henle, John Hilton, Josef Hyrtle, Ludolf Krehl, Albert von Koelliker, Sir William MacCormac, Sir James R. Martin, Jonathan Moore, Thomas G. Morton, Alexander Pagenstecher, James Paget, Edmund Alexander Parks, William Pirrie, Moritz Heinrich Romberg, Henry Smith, Stephen Smith, Robert Fulton Weir, and Thomas Windsor.

Dates

  • Creation: 1865-1871

Extent

0.63 Linear Feet (1 box)

Creator

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Restrictions

Copyrite to the collection is in the public domain.

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Collection Summary

Circular no. 1 (1868), Report on epidemic cholera and yellow fever in the U. S. Army during 1867, - no. 2 (1869), Report on excisions of the head of the femur for gunshot injury. - no. 3 (1871), Report of surgical cases treated in the U.S. Army from 1865 to 1871. - no. 4 (1870), Report on the barracks and hospitals of the U.S. Army with description of military posts. - no. 5 (1867), Report of epidemic cholera in the U.S. Army during the year 1866. - no. 6 (1865), Report of the extent and nature of the material available for preparation of a medial and surgical history of the Rebellion. - no. 7 (1867), A report on amputations at the hip-joint in military surgery.

Correspondents include Robert Adams, Heinrich Bamberger, Theodor Billroth, Theodor Ludwig Bischoff, Christian Wilhelm Braune, Paul Broca, William Budd, William B. Carpenter, Friedrich von Esmarch, Paul Fitzsimmons Eve, John Cooper Forster, Friedrich Theodore von Frerichs, G. Brown Goode, Charles R. Greenleaf, Samuel D. Gross, Ernest Hallier, Frank Hastings Hamilton, Henry Hancock, Jacob Henle, John Hilton, Josef Hyrtle, Ludolf Krehl, Albert von Koelliker, Sir William MacCormac, Sir James R. Martin, Jonathan Moore, Thomas G. Morton, Alexander Pagenstecher, James Paget, Edmund Alexander Parks, William Pirrie, Moritz Heinrich Romberg, Henry Smith, Stephen Smith, Robert Fulton Weir, and Thomas Windsor.

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Provenance

Transfer.

General

Processed by
HMD Staff
Processing Completed
2002
Encoded by
Edwin Staples
Title
Finding Aid to the Surgeon-General's Office correspondence acknowledging receipt of circular nos. 1-7, 1865-1871
Status
Unverified Partial Draft
Author
HMD Staff
Date
2002
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English
Edition statement
1.0

Collecting Area Details

Part of the Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections Collecting Area

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