Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-30

Dr MOTIFS; compose the dlstlngulSllod
medical staff now on duty at the White
House. DR.. Bliss, Surgeon General
Barnes and DR., Norris were among the
physicians summoned to the bedside Of
Abraham Lincoln, and were witnesses Of
the illustrious martyrs last moments.
JOSEPH JANyIER WOODWARD,
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, Surgeon U.
s. Army, was born IN Philadelphia, in
1892, and graduated from tho UNIVERSE
ty Of Pennsylvania in 1853. He prac-
ticed medicine in his native city until
1861, when he was appointed Assistant
Surgeon in the regular army, having
previously distinguished himself in his
profession, and as an author, and the
inventor Of an instrument for determine
ing with mathematical accuracy the
myopic or other conditions of the eve.
In 1866 he was selected to edit the "Sur-
gical and Medical History Of the Rebel
lion, on which work he isstill engaged.
In 1868 he was promoted to the rank Of
Captain, and in 1876 to the grade of
Surgeon with the rank of Major. He is
a member of the American Medical AS
ISOLATION, and Of the American Academy
of Science.
JOSEPH X. BARNES,
Brevet Major General, Surgeon General
United States Army, was born in Phila-
delphia in 1917, and graduated at the
University of Pennsylvania in 1893. In
1910 he was appointed in the army and
served in the Florida-I Indian troubles
under General Harvey. During the /.
Mexican war he was chief medical Of
fcer Of the cavalry brigade, and was in
| almost every action on Scott's and Tay-
| lors lines. He was one Of the first
medical officers ordered East from Ore
gon in 1861, at the outbreak Of the war,
when he was placed on special duty as
assistant in the Surgeon Generalsotfice.
On the organization Of grades of medi-
cal inspection, he was promoted to Lieu
tenant Colonel, and subsequently to
Medical Inspector General, with the
rank Of Colonel Soon afterward he
became acting Surgeon General, and in
13G4 was appointed Surgeon General
with the rank Of Brigadier General,
which position he still holds.
DIR. ROBERT REYBuHN
was born in Scotland in 1893, and came
to the United States when quite young.
In 1856 he graduated at the Philadel-
phia Medical College, and practced
his profession in that city until 1862,
when he entered the Union army as q
medical officer of volunteers, having
the same year settled in Washington,
where he still resides. In 1867 he was
appointed to the regular army, and has
since become member of the American
Medical Association, and Vice President
Of the Washington Medical Society. He
was SurgeOn-in-ch Of the Freedmen's
Bureau, was Professor of Surgery and
Dean of the Faculty of Howard Univer-
sity; and in 1876, was appointed pro-
lessor of surgery and dean Of the facul-
ty of the medical school OF Georgetown
College, District of Columbia. He is
also distinguished writer on medical
subjects.
DIR. FRANK HASTINGS HAMILTON,
was born in Vermont, in 1913, and grad
mated at the University Of Pennsylvania
in 1888. In 1862, after having practiced
in Auburn, N. Y, he removed to New
York City, where he speedily obtained
a large patronage. During the war be
was Medical Inspector in the army,
and has long gained the reputation Of
being one Of the first surgeons in this
country. He is the author Of several
standard works pertaining to his pro-
fession, and the inventor of q number Of
delicate and complex instruments, now
regarded as indispensable in the prac-
tice Of surgery.
DIR. d. HAYS AGNEW,
was born in Pennsylvania in 1878, and
was educated at Jefferson College and
the University Of Pennsylvania. He
early became distinguished as surgeon,
and general practitioner in medicine.
For many years he held the professor
ship of surgery in several institutions Of
note, and is celebrated for his skilltul,
rapid and successful operations. His
reputation as an author, in the DEPART
ment Of anatomy and surgery, is wide
spread also.
The Baltimore American tells how TO
eat watermelon. The hotel plan of put
ting lump of ice in it, is condemned;
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