Surgeon General, U.S. Army

Blanck, Ronald R., D.O., President, Health Sciences Center, University of North Texas, former Surgeon General, U.S. Army, telephone interview, October 18, 2001. 

Sidell, F.R., 1997. Nerve agents, in Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare, Sidell, F.R., Takafuji, E.T., and Franz, D.R., Eds., Office of the Surgeon General U.S. Army, Falls Church, VA, pp. 129-179. 

Sidell, F.R., 2003. Chemical warfare agents, in Preventive Medicine Mobilization and Deployment, Vol. 1, Borden Institute, Department of Defense, Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army, Washington, DC, pp. 611-625. 

FIGURE 1.2. Surgeon General William A. Hammond s ambitious reforms of a tradition-bound U.S. Army Medical Department earned the talented administrator a court-martial. Exonerated of all charges years later, Hammond nevertheless rose to prominence in medical circles and was the founder of the American Neurological Association. From Harper s Weekly, 1863. Illustration courtesy of the National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division. 

That same year, 1886, cocaine gained another important military endorsement, this one from Dr. William Alexander Hammond, the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army. At a meeting of the New York Neurological Society, he advocated the use of cocaine for medical purposes. 

John Pemberton markets syrupy beverage consisting of a blend of coca leaves and African kola nuts, called Coca-Cola. U.S. Army Surgeon General William Alexander Hammond advocates the use of cocaine for medical purposes. 

FIGURE 20.1 Pressure-flow relationships of a U.S. Army M40 field mask. (From Musa, S.R., Banderet, L.E., Cadarette, B. Textbook of Military Medicine Medical Aspects of Harsh Environments, Volume 2, K.B. Pandolf and R.E. Burr, eds. Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, United States of America, Falls Church, VA, 2002.)... 

Level I composed of IRF nonmedical installation personnel. The local commander appoints the IRF members and ensures they are provided initial and ongoing training as described in Department of the Army Pamphlet 50-6, Chemical Accident or Incident Response and Assistance (CAIRA) Operations. The Office of The Surgeon General and the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and... 

The anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program in the U.S. Army Surgeon General s Office can be reached at 1-877-GETVACC (1-877-438-8222). http //www.anthrax.osd.mil... 

Warren, Stafford L. The Role of Radiology in the Development of the Atomic Bomb. In Radiology in World War II, ed. Kenneth D. A. Allen, a volume in the series Medical Department of the U.S. Army in World War II. Washington, D.C. U.S. Surgeon-General s Office, 1966. 

Government agencies other than the Chemical Warfare Service also showed concern over the threat. These included the Institute of Health of the U.S. Public Health Service, the Council of National Defense, officers of the staffs of the Surgeons General of the Army and Navy, and G-2 of the Army. 

The U.S. Biological Warfare Committee, with Mr. Merck as chairman, came into being in October 1944, as a supervisory body to make recommendations to the Secretary of War and Chief of Staff on policy and to establish liaison with its British counterpart, the London Inter-Service Sub-Committee on Biological Warfare (ISSCBW). Members of the new committee included the Chief, Chemical Warfare Service the director of the New Developments Division, WDSS the director of the Office of Strategic Services the chief of the Navy Bureau of Ordnance the Surgeon Generals of the Army and Navy the chief of the Military Intelligence Service the Chief of Staff, ASF the chief of the Requirements Section, AGF the assistant chief of Air Staff Plans the British Army Staff representatives the director of Canada s Department of Chemical Warfare and Smoke and the CWS representative on the ISSCBW. Research and de-... 

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