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Title: Biographical sketches of distingushed officers of the army and navy
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910, pub
Subjects: United States. Army United States. Navy
Publisher: New York, L.R. Hamersly
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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rring the degree of Doctorof Medicine upon him in 1873, a preparation whichwas further developed by two years work in the hos-pitals of St. Louis. Soon after this Dr. W^nnan entered upon his lifework proper by accepting an appointment as Assis-tant Surgeon in the Marine Hospital Service. Hereceived promotion to the rank of Surgeon in 1877,and served successively at St. Louis, Cincinnati,Baltimore and New York, after which he was sum-moned to the headquarters of his Corps at Washing-ton, where he served continually until he succeeded tothe command of it. During this time he had chargeof the publication of sanitary- reports and statistics,and produced many important works pertaining tothis subject. The Purveying Department was alsounder his direction and by him brought to a high de-gree of excellence. His main duty, however, and thework to which, in the latter part of the period previ-ous to his appointment as Surgeon General in 1891,his time was exclusively devoted, was the supervision
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SURGEON GENERAL WALKER WYMAN.PUBLIC HEALTH AND MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE. 257 of the Quarantine Department of the Marine Hospi-tal Service. General W\^man has evinced especial interestduring his entire career in the humanitarian side ofhis work, having devoted especial attention to thephysical conditions affecting seamen of the merchantmarine. He brought before the public the crueltiesinflicted upon the crews of oyster vessels in Chesa-peake Ba)^, and established hospitals for the treat-ment of their sick and injured. He secured an actfor the relief of deck hands on western rivers. Heestablished even before his appointment as SurgeonGeneral a Hygienic Laboratory which has since de-veloped into one of the most important sanitary in-stitutions of the country, resulting in man)^ investi-gations of the highest importance to public health. 258 Surgeon General PRESLEY MARION RIXEY. UJilted States Navy. The inevitable change consequent upon theprogress of time brought to the head of the NavalM

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