Resumé of the history of the Medical Department of the U.S. Army / John Van Rensslaer Hoff, 1916.
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United States. Army. Medical Department
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War Department General Order no. 1 for 1904 required "every staff corps and department, regiment, battalion not forming part of a regiment, and independent troop, battery, or company" to keep "a detailed history of the services of the organization. This history will, at all times, be kept as nearly up to date as possible." From the guide to the Papers pertaining to the current history of the U.S. Medical Dept., 1905-1913, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine) ...
Hoff, John Van Rensslaer, 1848-1920
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Considered a leader in forming the Army Medical Department into a staff corps, John Van Rensslaer Hoff was born in Mt. Morris, NY and received his medical education at Albany Medical College of Union University in 1871 and College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York in 1874. He joined the army as a general surgeon in 1874. Hoff remained in the Army Medical Service until his retirement in 1912 as a colonel. He was an active member of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States an...
