Gen. Raymond Whitcomb Bliss speeches, 1943-1951.

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Gen. Raymond Whitcomb Bliss speeches, 1943-1951.

Contains photostat copies of 85 speeches made by General Bliss while he was Surgeon General of the Army.

0.21 lin. ft. (1 box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6825183

National Library of Medicine

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Bliss, Raymond Whitcomb, 1888-

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United States. Surgeon-General's Office

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Born in Charleston, Massachusetts, David L. Huntington, 1834-1899, studied medicine at Yale and the University of Pennsylvania. He joined the army as an Assistant Surgeon in 1862. Huntington was Acting Medical Director Army of the Tennessee during Sherman's march to the sea in 1864. A career medical officer, Lt. Colonel Huntington at times served as acting Surgeon General. He also was director of the U.S. Army Medical Museum for many years before his retirement in 1898. From the desc...