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Collection Summary From the Collection: Within the files of the AGO's office there is much of interest concerning John Shaw Billings, Army physician and librarian. Among the records found there are Billings's initial application to join the Army Medical Corps, letters of recommendation on his behalf, and a test essay on epilepsia; copies of his reports from throughout his career; orders; his commissions, including his commission in 1894 as Deputy Surgeon General; and correspondence and petitions written to the White House and the...

Collection Summary From the Collection: Within the files of the AGO's office there is much of interest concerning John Shaw Billings, Army physician and librarian. Among the records found there are Billings's initial application to join the Army Medical Corps, letters of recommendation on his behalf, and a test essay on epilepsia; copies of his reports from throughout his career; orders; his commissions, including his commission in 1894 as Deputy Surgeon General; and correspondence and petitions written to the White House and the...

Collection Summary From the Collection: Within the files of the AGO's office there is much of interest concerning John Shaw Billings, Army physician and librarian. Among the records found there are Billings's initial application to join the Army Medical Corps, letters of recommendation on his behalf, and a test essay on epilepsia; copies of his reports from throughout his career; orders; his commissions, including his commission in 1894 as Deputy Surgeon General; and correspondence and petitions written to the White House and the...

Collection Summary From the Collection: Within the files of the AGO's office there is much of interest concerning John Shaw Billings, Army physician and librarian. Among the records found there are Billings's initial application to join the Army Medical Corps, letters of recommendation on his behalf, and a test essay on epilepsia; copies of his reports from throughout his career; orders; his commissions, including his commission in 1894 as Deputy Surgeon General; and correspondence and petitions written to the White House and the...

Collection Summary From the Collection: Within the files of the AGO's office there is much of interest concerning John Shaw Billings, Army physician and librarian. Among the records found there are Billings's initial application to join the Army Medical Corps, letters of recommendation on his behalf, and a test essay on epilepsia; copies of his reports from throughout his career; orders; his commissions, including his commission in 1894 as Deputy Surgeon General; and correspondence and petitions written to the White House and the...

Collection Summary From the Collection: Within the files of the AGO's office there is much of interest concerning John Shaw Billings, Army physician and librarian. Among the records found there are Billings's initial application to join the Army Medical Corps, letters of recommendation on his behalf, and a test essay on epilepsia; copies of his reports from throughout his career; orders; his commissions, including his commission in 1894 as Deputy Surgeon General; and correspondence and petitions written to the White House and the...

Collection Summary From the Collection: Within the files of the AGO's office there is much of interest concerning John Shaw Billings, Army physician and librarian. Among the records found there are Billings's initial application to join the Army Medical Corps, letters of recommendation on his behalf, and a test essay on epilepsia; copies of his reports from throughout his career; orders; his commissions, including his commission in 1894 as Deputy Surgeon General; and correspondence and petitions written to the White House and the...

Collection Summary From the Collection: Within the files of the AGO's office there is much of interest concerning John Shaw Billings, Army physician and librarian. Among the records found there are Billings's initial application to join the Army Medical Corps, letters of recommendation on his behalf, and a test essay on epilepsia; copies of his reports from throughout his career; orders; his commissions, including his commission in 1894 as Deputy Surgeon General; and correspondence and petitions written to the White House and the...

Collection Summary From the Collection: Within the files of the AGO's office there is much of interest concerning John Shaw Billings, Army physician and librarian. Among the records found there are Billings's initial application to join the Army Medical Corps, letters of recommendation on his behalf, and a test essay on epilepsia; copies of his reports from throughout his career; orders; his commissions, including his commission in 1894 as Deputy Surgeon General; and correspondence and petitions written to the White House and the...

Collection Summary From the Collection: Within the files of the AGO's office there is much of interest concerning John Shaw Billings, Army physician and librarian. Among the records found there are Billings's initial application to join the Army Medical Corps, letters of recommendation on his behalf, and a test essay on epilepsia; copies of his reports from throughout his career; orders; his commissions, including his commission in 1894 as Deputy Surgeon General; and correspondence and petitions written to the White House and the...