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Military Medicine

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:

John Shaw Billings Papers at New York Public Library [microform]

 Collection
Identifier: MS Film 25
Abstract

When John Shaw Billings left the Army in 1895 to become first a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and shortly thereafter the director of the New York Public Library, he took with him many of his personal and professional papers.

Dates: 1854-1913

John Shaw Billings Papers, in the Adjutant General's Office Records (RG 94) in the National Archives

 Collection
Identifier: MS Film 28
Abstract

Papers on the military career of John S. Billings, physician and librarian, found in the Adjutant General's Office.

Dates: 1861-1895

John Van Rensslaer Hoff Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 102
Abstract

Contains personal letters chiefly from Army medical officers.

Dates: 1879-1904

Jonathan Letterman Correspondence and Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 96
Abstract

Telegraph transcripts of military orders and directives sent and received by Letterman during his Civil War service. The diaries describe a trip from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Union, N.M. and back. Evidence indicates that the diary was not kept by Letterman.

Dates: 1860-1864; 1924; 1972

Joseph H. McNinch Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 612
Abstract

Small collection of correspondence, photographs, writings, and speeches related to McNinch's military medical corps career and retirement, Veteran's Administration, American Hospital Association service, and the Army Medical Library/National Library of Medicine.

Dates: 1929-1999

Leonard C. McPhail Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 88
Abstract

Includes biographical data and typescript of diary. McPhail was assistant surgeon, U.S. Army. Diary records his journey leading to the signing of a treaty with the Comanches.

Dates: 1835-c.1939

Levi Woods Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS C 527
Scope and content

The papers document Mary Woods' effort to continue receipt of her husband's military pension after his death. Included are letters from her attorney, Woods' military pay records, military orders, pension applications and affidavits, and an oversize invoice for medical supplies issued to Woods.

Dates: 1864-1865; 1890-1895

Louis M. Rousselot Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 357
Abstract

Contains some biographical data, subject files and correspondence.

Dates: 1967-1971

Lyman A. Brewer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 553
Abstract

Correspondence, notes and drafts, subject files, reprints, patient records, records of surgeries, and motion pictures documenting the practice, teaching, and authorship of thoracic surgeon Lyman Brewer, noted for his advances in emergency thoracotomy and wet lung war casualties (respiratory distress syndrome) born from his World War II experiences.

Dates: 1926-1989

Marine Hospital Service (Portland, ME) correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 249
Abstract

Official correspondence from the Treasury Department addressed to Dr. Fessenden. Content is entirely administrative regarding personnel, hospital accounts, maintenance, and reports.

Dates: 1865-1877