Roddis, Louis H. (Louis Harry), 1886-1969

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Dates:
Birth 1886-02-16
Death 1969-10-19

Biographical notes:

Captain Louis Harry Roddis served as a surgeon in the U.S. Navy from 1913 until his retirement in 1950. He was primarily interested in tropical medicine. Roddis also wrote Edward Jenner and the discovery of the smallpox vaccination (1930), William Withering: the introduction of digitalis into medical practice (1936), Short history of nautical medicine (1941), and James Lind, founder of nautical medicine (1950).

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Subjects:

  • Botany
  • History of Medicine
  • Indians, North American
  • Indians of North America
  • Naval Medicine
  • Military service, Voluntary
  • Naval history, Modern
  • Scurvy
  • Smallpox Vaccine
  • Surgeons General

Occupations:

  • Surgeon

Places:

  • IA, US