Medical leader of the nineteenth century : career of Dr. Samuel Merrifield Bemiss : in summary
Abstract
Biography of S. M. Bemiss, a Kentucky physician who later served in the Confederate army, taught at the Universities of Louisville and Louisiana, edited the New Orleans medical and surgical journal, and served as chairman of the Yellow Fever Commission and the committee on contagious diseases of the National Board of Health.
Dates
- 1969
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Creator
- Lorenz, Lincoln, 1895- (Person)
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
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Collection Summary
Biography of S. M. Bemiss, a Kentucky physician who later served in the Confederate army, taught at the Universities of Louisville and Louisiana, edited the New Orleans medical and surgical journal, and served as chairman of the Yellow Fever Commission and the committee on contagious diseases of the National Board of Health. Includes foreword by Irvine H. Page, M.D.
Original held by the George E. Merrifield Trust, Wellesley, Mass.
Abstract
Biography of S. M. Bemiss, a Kentucky physician who later served in the Confederate army, taught at the Universities of Louisville and Louisiana, edited the New Orleans medical and surgical journal, and served as chairman of the Yellow Fever Commission and the committee on contagious diseases of the National Board of Health.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Gift of George E. Merrifield Trust ; October 6, 1988.
General
- Processed by
- HMD Staff; Jim Labosier
- Processing Completed
- 2003
- Encoded by
- Jim Labosier
Creator
- Lorenz, Lincoln, 1895- (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Medical leader of the nineteenth century : career of Dr. Samuel Merrifield Bemiss : in summary, 1969
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- HMD Staff; Jim Labosier
- Date
- 2003
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- 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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