Bailey Ashford
Military Person
1873 – 1934
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Who was Bailey Ashford?
Colonel Bailey K. Ashford was an American physician who had a military career in the United States Army, and afterward taught full-time at the School of Tropical Medicine, which he helped establish in San Juan.
A pioneering physician in the treatment of anemia, while stationed in Puerto Rico Ashford organized and conducted a parasite treatment campaign against hookworm, which cured approximately 300,000 persons. This reduced the death rate from associated anemia by 90 percent. He was a founding member of the Puerto Rico Anemia Commission.
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- Born
- Sep 28, 1873
Washington, D.C. - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Georgetown University
- George Washington University
- Died
- Sep 1, 1934
San Juan
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on July 23, 2013
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