Official medical bulletins relating to the health of U.S. president James Garfield, 1881.

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Official medical bulletins relating to the health of U.S. president James Garfield, 1881.

Contains medical bulletins issued by attending physicians D. Hayes Agnes, J.K. Barnes, D. W. Bliss, Frank H. Hamilton, Robert Reyburn, and J.J. Woodward between July 6 - Sept. 19, 1881. Includes a manuscript, "Memorandum to be added to the record of the postmortem examination of the late President J. A. Garfield, Washington, D. C., Sept. 24, 1884" (2 p.), signed by J. J. Woodward and Daniel S. Lamb.

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National Library of Medicine

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Woodward, Joseph Janvier, 1833-1884

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Joseph J. Woodward (1833-1884) was a surgeon in U.S. Army Medical Department. He is considered a pioneer in the field of microscopic photography. Woodward was among the surgeons attending President James Garfield after he was shot by Charles Guiteau. From the guide to the Official medical bulletins relating to the health of U.S. President James Garfield, 1881, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine) Physician, head of the Army Medical Museum's Medical an...

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

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James Garfield, twentieth President of the United States, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831. After embarking on an academic career, he joined the Ohio volunteer infantry regiment, and in 1863 was appointed Major General in the same regiment. He served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1880, when he was elected President. His inauguration took place on March 4, 1881, but his term of office was unfortunately brought to an abrupt end with his assassination by C...

Agnes, D. Hayes.

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