Joseph K. Barnes
1817–83
American army medic. MD, Pennsylvania, 1838. Entered the US Army Medical Department in 1840. US Army surgeon general, 1864. Helped to create an army medical museum and medical library.
Source
ANB
Bibliography
ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.
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