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Alexander Thomas Augusta (March 8, 1825 – December 21, 1890) was a surgeon, veteran of the American Civil War, and the first African-American professor of medicine in the United States. After gaining his medical education in Toronto, Canada West from 1850 to 1856, he set up a practice there. He returned to the United States shortly before the ...
Dr. Silas Loomis, one of the university founders, was named the first dean of the medical department in 1868. [2] Among the first five faculty members was Alexander Thomas Augusta, reportedly the first African American to serve on a medical school faculty in the United States. [2] The first classes began on November 9, 1868.
The Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center is a United States Department of Defense medical facility located on Fort Belvoir, Virginia, outside of Washington D.C. In conjunction with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the hospital provides the Military Health System medical capabilities of the National Capital Region Medical Directorate (NCR MD), a joint unit providing ...
Charles Burleigh Purvis (April 14, 1842 – December 14, 1929) was a physician in Washington, D.C. He was among the founders of the medical school at Howard University.He was the first African-American physician to attend a sitting president of the United States when he attended President James Garfield after he was shot by an assassin in 1881.
Dear diary, I’m totally going to jail today! A Minnesota delivery driver was busted for auto theft because she wrote in her diary that she, “Totally stole a car today!” according to police.
“Cholesterol level is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease," says Clifford Segil, DO, a neurologist at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California. As a result, high ...
The report of a person down was called in at 7:31 a.m. Thursday. Police say the body of a 31-year-old Andover man found Thursday morning near 21st and I-135 in Wichita is being considered a ...
George Docking (1925), 35th governor of Kansas (1957–1961) [5] Robert Docking (1948), 38th governor of Kansas (1967–1975) [5] Bob Dole, former U.S. Senate majority leader and senator from Kansas (1969–1996), presidential and vice-presidential nominee, played football and basketball while attending [6] Jerry Elliott, Kansas jurist