Abstract
Greenleaf was born in Pennsylvania and educated at the Medical College of Ohio, graduating in 1860. During the Civil War, he oversaw construction of Philadelphia's Mower Hospital on Chestnut Hill, which was at the time the largest military hospital in the world. He introduced a system of personal identification used by the army and organized the army's Hospital Corps.
Dates
- 1890-1936 (bulk 1890-1892)
Extent
0.21 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
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Biographical Note
Greenleaf was born in Pennsylvania and educated at the Medical College of Ohio, graduating in 1860. During the Civil War, he oversaw construction of Philadelphia's Mower Hospital on Chestnut Hill, which was at the time the largest military hospital in the world. He introduced a system of personal identification used by the army and organized the army's Hospital Corps.
Greenleaf wrote Manual for the medical officers of the U.S. Army (1864), Epitome of Tripler's Manual for the examination of recruits (1884, 1893, 1903), Personal identity of the soldier (1892-93).
Collection Summary
Material relates to the activities of the Medical Corps during the Sioux campaigns. Includes excerpts from the personal correspondence of General Charles R. Greenleaf concerning the history of the establishment of the Medical Corps, and contains letters and official memoranda pertaining to the court martial of Private Albert Betz at Fort Logan, Colo. Correspondents include Dallas Bache, Robert M. O'Rielly, and John Van R. Hoff. Includes letters of transmittal from Col. Henry S. Greenleaf (1936).
Abstract
Greenleaf was born in Pennsylvania and educated at the Medical College of Ohio, graduating in 1860. During the Civil War, he oversaw construction of Philadelphia's Mower Hospital on Chestnut Hill, which was at the time the largest military hospital in the world. He introduced a system of personal identification used by the army and organized the army's Hospital Corps.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Gift, Charles Greenleaf, 1936.
General
- Processed by
- HMD Staff; Jim Labosier
- Processing Completed
- 1936; 2007
- Encoded by
- Jim Labosier
Creator
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Charles R. Greenleaf Papers 1890-1936 (bulk 1890-1892)
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- HMD Staff; Jim Labosier
- Date
- 1936; 2007
- 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
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