Bryant, Joseph D. (Joseph Decatur), 1845-1914

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Birth 1845

Death 1914

Biographical notes:

Joseph Decatur Bryant, New York, N.Y., surgeon and teacher, was born on 12 Mar. 1845. He married Annette Amelia Crum in 1874; they had one daughter. Bryant died of diabetes on 7 Apr. 1914.

Bryant received an M.D. from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1868, interned at Bellevue, 1869-1871, and was a member of its faculty until 1897. Bryant was also medical health commissioner of New York City, 1887-1893, and president of the American Medical Association. He was a friend and family physician of Grover Cleveland.

From the description of Autograph letters signed : [New York, N.Y.], to Col. [Daniel Scott Lamont, n.p.], 1893 June 26-1893 June 29. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 145407107