Record cards of correspondence of the Library and Museum Division of the U.S. Surgeon-General's Office, 1889-1894.

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Record cards of correspondence of the Library and Museum Division of the U.S. Surgeon-General's Office, 1889-1894.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14337926

Cards are arranged alphabetically by subject. Most of the cards refer to the Museum, only a few pertain to the Library. Some have signature of John Shaw Billings.

1.36 linear ft. (4 boxes)

National Library of Medicine

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SNAC Resource ID: 6825571

National Library of Medicine

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Library of the Surgeon General's Office (U.S.)

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Walter Drew McCaw, 1863-1939, was a career Army medical officer. After training at the Medical School of Virginia and Columbia University Medical School, he joined the Army Medical Department in 1884. He served in various posts in the west and south, in Cuba during the Spanish American war, and in the Philippines afterward. He was appointed director of the Library on October 3, 1903. McCaw left his position in 1913 to resume active duty in the Philippines. From the description of Lib...

Army Medical Museum (U.S.)

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Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913

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U. S. Army surgeon and founder of the Army Medical Library. From the description of John Shaw Billings letters, 1891, Apr. 13 and May 13, New York City, to W.R. Benjamin. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34992422 1860. Graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, with A.B., M.A. From the description of General correspondence June 1862-Oct. 1901 [microform]. (Alma Public Library). WorldCat record id: 7883610 The Adjutant General of the Army had re...