U.S. Army Surgeon General William A. Hammond

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Surgeon General of the United States Army human medical reformer medical researcher military physician neurologist physician

U.S. Army Surgeon General William A. Hammond was a 19th-century American military physician and medical reformer who modernized the U.S. Army Medical Department and advanced medical research and standards of care.

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instanceOf	Surgeon General of the United States Army ⓘ human ⓘ medical reformer ⓘ medical researcher ⓘ military physician ⓘ neurologist ⓘ physician ⓘ
appointedBy	Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfEndOfMilitaryCareer	court-martial and dismissal from the U.S. Army in 1864 ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1828-08-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1900-01-05 ⓘ
educatedAt	New York University School of Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ University of the City of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1864-01-31 as Surgeon General of the United States Army ⓘ
fieldOfWork	hygiene and public health ⓘ military medicine ⓘ neurology ⓘ psychiatry ⓘ
founded	Army Medical Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	development of American neurology in the late 19th century ⓘ
knownFor	advancing the scientific study of nervous diseases in the United States ⓘ establishing the Army Medical Museum ⓘ modernizing the U.S. Army Medical Department during the American Civil War ⓘ promoting systematic medical record-keeping in the U.S. Army ⓘ
lateralityOfReputation	later exonerated in public opinion and regarded as a major medical reformer ⓘ
memberOf	American Neurological Association NERFINISHED ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
name	William A. Hammond NERFINISHED ⓘ William Alexander Hammond NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	A Treatise on Hygiene with Special Reference to the Military Service NERFINISHED ⓘ Insanity in Its Relations to Crime NERFINISHED ⓘ Treatise on Diseases of the Nervous System NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	medical writer ⓘ military officer ⓘ neurologist ⓘ physician ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Annapolis, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
positionHeld	Professor of Diseases of the Mind and Nervous System at Bellevue Hospital Medical College ⓘ Professor of Nervous and Mental Diseases at the University of the City of New York ⓘ Surgeon General of the United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Clement A. Finley as Surgeon General of the United States Army ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Clara Adelaide Hovey NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1862-04-25 as Surgeon General of the United States Army ⓘ
succeededBy	Joseph K. Barnes as Surgeon General of the United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ

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National Museum of Health and Medicine → foundedBy → U.S. Army Surgeon General William A. Hammond ⓘ