The Surgeon generals of the Army of the United States of AmericaAssociation of Military Surgeons, 1905 - 114 pages |
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Page 36 - ... approved June 30, 1834; and that the officers whose appointment is authorized by this section, shall receive the pay and allowances of officers of the same grades respectively; and that the rank of the officers of the medical department of the army shall be arranged upon the same basis which at present determines the amount of their pay and emoluments: Provided, That the medical officers shall not in virtue of such rank be entitled to command in the line or other staff departments of the army.
Page 23 - To my compatriot in arms, and old and intimate friend, Dr. Craik, I give my bureau (or, as the cabinet-makers call it, tambour secretary) and the circular chair, an appendage of my study.
Page 48 - The reputation thus gained secured for him an invitation to the chair of Anatomy and Physiology in the University of Maryland and on October 31, 1860, he resigned in order to accept that position.
Page 13 - I think highly deserving of notice, not only on account of his abilities, but for the very great assistance which he has afforded in the course of this winter, merely in the nature of a volunteer.