Proceedings of Meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. . sing Sun, Indiana,and studied medicine. He entered Jefferson Medical College,Philadelphia, and graduated March, 1852, with honor. In July,1853, he located at Yincennes, Ind., where he practiced medicineand surgery. July 14th, 1SG1, he was commissioned Surgeon ofthe 24th Indiana Infantry Volunteers, and left for the field. He served as Regimental and Brigade Surgeon; and in theBattle of Shiloh. and subsequently at Fort Gibson, Champion Hills,Jackson, and dining the Siege of Vicksburg, was Division
Proceedings of Meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. . sing Sun, Indiana,and studied medicine. He entered Jefferson Medical College,Philadelphia, and graduated March, 1852, with honor. In July,1853, he located at Yincennes, Ind., where he practiced medicineand surgery. July 14th, 1SG1, he was commissioned Surgeon ofthe 24th Indiana Infantry Volunteers, and left for the field. He served as Regimental and Brigade Surgeon; and in theBattle of Shiloh. and subsequently at Fort Gibson, Champion Hills,Jackson, and dining the Siege of Vicksburg, was Division Sur-geon. January lGth, 1S89, he was appointed Surgeon-General, withthe rank of Colonel, by Governor A. P. Hovey, of Indiana; an officehe filled efficiently and with approval. In the death of Colonel Jessup our Association has sufferedno ordinary loss. He was a man of unusual attainments and super-ior talents—bending every energy to perfect himself in his chosen profession. In National affairs he took a keen and active interest,and was a patriot in the true sense of the word. A good man, an. ROBERT B. JESSUP, COLONEL AND SURGEON-GENERAL NATIONAL GUARD OF NOVEMBER 9, 1893. honored citizen, and a valuable member of the Association of Mili-tary Surgeons of the Lnited States, has gone to his reward. K GENERAL JOHN HENRY MURPHY, DIED AT HIS HOME IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, JANUARY 31ST, 94. It has been said that if there be any who deserve to be heldin special honor by mankind, that distinction may well be claimedby those who devote their lives and their talents to the relief ofhuman suffering. In all ages and in all lands the healer has beenhonored as a universal benefactor; and amid the clash of contend-ing armies, the Surgeon pursues his sacred calling undisturbedby all, for he knows no enemies but wounds, pain and disease. Theupright, skillful physician is a power in the community; for amidall the changing scenes of life he is an honored man, even whenhis skill and w
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