George Miller Sternberg
1838–1915
American army surgeon. Pioneer in the fields of bacteriology and disinfection; worked on typhoid, malaria, cholera, yellow fever, tuberculosis, and pneumonia. Much of his research was carried out at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, under the auspices of the American Public Health Association. Appointed surgeon general, 1893.
Source
Arlington National Cemetery website, www.arlingtoncemetery.net/gmsternb.htm (accessed 20 May 2020)
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