SURGEON TO WASHINGTON: Dr. John Cochran, 1730-1807

by Saffron M.D., Morris H

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NY:: Columbia Univ.,, 1977. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; rear blank endpaper renewed; otherwise, condition quite good.. bibliography + index. With b&w frontispiece portrait + 2 full-pg. and 2 in-text b&w photos. `Only one man retired from office of Surgeon General with the universal admiration of his co-workers & an unsullied reputation'...Dr. Cochran, a founder & later president of N.J. Medical Society, volunteered as physician / surgeon during Revolution to treat smallpox patients & wounded; collaborated with Dr. Shippen (1777) to set up military hospitals; appointed Chief Physician / Surgeon General by Congress; `vehement in his denunciation of inefficiency which first characterized the Hospital Dept.'--DAB.