During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln Appointed as Surgeon General of the United States Army. HAMMOND GENERAL HOSPITAL at POINT LOOKOUT MARYLAND was Named after him.
First American Physician to Research & Specialize in Nervous & Mental Diseases & Disorders & Help Found the AMERICAN NEUROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. Author of many books & articles and in 1871 published his most famous work TREATIST on DISEASE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.