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Military Medicine
Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:
Sylvester Day Papers
Sylvester Day joined the U.S. Army as a Garrison Surgeon's mate in 1807 and was at Fort Michilimackinac when it was captured in 1812.
Tablets for field hospitals at Gettysburg / Louis C. Duncan
Typescript, with manuscript notes. Captain Duncan's suggested captions for prospective historical tablets marking U.S. Army Medical Corps hospitals at ten sites on the Gettysburg battlefield. Includes the names of medical officers at each hospital. Handwritten comments suggest the location for each tablet.
Theodore C. Lyster Collection
Collection of background research materials and copies of original Lyster manuscript materials from other repositories gathered by Stephen Craig during the creation of his biographical article about Lyster. Lyster served under William Gorgas in Cuba and the Panama Canal Zone, was head of the aviation medical corps during WWI, and was a director of the Rockefeller Foundation Yellow Fever Commission. He was an ophthalmologist in private practice.
Theodore Wiprud Papers
Newsletters distributed to Medical Society of the District of Columbia members during World War II and letters sent by members that were often reproduced in those newsletters.
Thomas B. Marquis Papers
Dr. Marquis practiced medicine in Montana, was with the U. S. Medical Corps during World War I, and became government physician on the Tongue River-Cheyenne Indian reservation. Because of his interest in Indian subjects he eventually gave up his medical practice and devoted full time to gathering historical data and writing.
Thomas Winston Papers
Treatment of fractures of the lower extremity
Consists of typescript and photos of "Treatment of fractures of the lower extremity, a method of suspension and splint devised by Dr. Bruno," Paris, 1917. Also includes his publication, "Traitement des fractures du membre inferieur par la methode de suspension et de traction," in Groupement medico chirurgical de la 5e region et groupement medical D'Orleans (Guerre 1914-1917), Orleans, 1917.
United States Army Medical School Hospital Corps Records
Comprised of muster rolls, payrolls, and some personnel data. Includes documents signed by Walter Reed, James Carroll, and Augustus Tracey.
United States Typhus Commission Archives
Chiefly correspondence and memoranda; includes some reports, clippings, reprints, and photographs. The material is from the files of Dr. Stanhope Bayne-Jones.
U.S. Army Medical Corps Lecture Collection
Lectures, talks, and statements on various public health, preventive medicine, sanitation, and personnel hygiene topics relevant to World War II military operations given by U.S. Army Medical Corps officers.