William Alexander Hammond
Physician
1828 – 1900
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Who was William Alexander Hammond?
William Alexander Hammond was an American military physician and neurologist. During the American Civil War he was the eleventh Surgeon General of the United States Army and the founder of the Army Medical Museum.
He was the first American physician to devote himself entirely to neurology, the author of the first American treatise about neurology, and one of the founders of the American Neurological Association.
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- Born
- Aug 28, 1828
Annapolis - Also known as
- Dr. William Alexander Hammond
- William Hammond
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- New York University
- Died
- Jan 5, 1900
Washington, D.C. - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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