Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Biographical Sketch Collection c.1901-1941

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Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Biographical Sketch Collection c.1901-1941

Contains personal record forms of Association members, created c.1901-c.1909, some correspondence, membership lists and a history of the Association.

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The Association of Military Surgeons of the United States grew out of the Association of Military Surgeons of the National Guard of the United States. Conceived by U.S. military surgeon Nicholas Senn (1844-1908), it was formed at a meeting of 50 U.S. National Guard surgeons in Chicago on September 17, 1891. The association's stated purpose was "for the advancement of military and accidental surgery and all things pertaining to the health and welfare of the civilian soldier." To this end the Asso...