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9 unusual facts about Surgeon General of the United States Army


Air raid on Bari

In 1988, through the efforts of Nick T. Spark, U.S. Senator Dennis DeConcini and U.S. Senator Bill Bradley, Alexander received recognition from the Surgeon General of the United States Army for his actions in the aftermath of the Bari disaster.

Amelia Gayle Gorgas

A native of Greensboro, Alabama, Amelia was the daughter of Alabama governor John Gayle, the wife of Pennsylvania-born Confederate general Josiah Gorgas and the mother of Surgeon General William C. Gorgas.

Arbigland

James Craik, the Physician General of the United States Army and personal physician of George Washington, was born here.

Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application

Described by some as "difficult to use", the Army's Surgeon General stated that clinicians "spend as much or more time working around the system as they do with the system".

Hand surgery

US Army Surgeon General, Major General Norman T. Kirk, knew that hand injuries in World War I had poor outcomes in part because there was no formal system to deal with them.

Knickerbocker Greys

The Knickerbocker Greys was founded by Mrs. Augusta Lawler Stacey Curtis, the wife of Dr. Edward Curtis, a noted New York physician who served on the staff of the Surgeon General of the Union Army, and assisted in the autopsy on the body of President Abraham Lincoln.

Quaker Manor House

During the encampment, the Quaker Manor House served as the headquarters for Washington's Surgeon General, John Cochran.

Surgeon General

Moreover, each branch of the American military services has its own surgeon general, with more combat-related responsibilities and experience, hence Surgeon General of the United States Army, Surgeon General of the United States Navy, and Surgeon General of the United States Air Force.

William Ludwig Detmold

During the war, he introduced a knife and fork for one-handed men, which was put by Surgeon General Barnes on the supply list, under the name of “Detmold's knife.” In 1884, he was a founder and the first president of the New York County Medical Association, and at one time he was president of the Medical Relief Fund for Widows and Orphans.


Peter Schoomaker

His brother, Lieutenant General Eric Schoomaker, M.D., PhD, was the 42nd Surgeon General of the United States Army.


see also

Temple University School of Medicine

Bernard T. Mittemeyer M.D., former Surgeon General of the United States Army