Lorenz, Lincoln, 1895-....

Dr. Bemiss was a professor at the University of Louisville Medical School, served the Confederacy as a physician during the Civil War, and later spent many years as professor of medicine at the University of Louisiana (now Tulane). He also served as secretary of the American Medical Association in 1859 and was later appointed as chairman of the Yellow Fever Commision and the National Board of Health.

From the description of Medical leader of the nineteenth century : career of Dr. Samuel Merrifield Bemiss / by Lincoln Lorenz. [1969?] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 154270924