Report of the director of the Bureau of Medical Service / William Pepper.

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[1876]
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Credit: Report of the director of the Bureau of Medical Service / William Pepper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Bureau of Medical Service. Organization of Medical Bureau. REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF MEDICAL SERVICE. The functions of the Medical Department were to supply medical and surgical assistance within the Exhibition grounds ; to advise with reference to sanitary questions; and to issue in authoritative form such information on the sanitary condition of Philadelphia and of the Exhibition as might be desirable. The important subjects of the drainage and water supply of the Exhibition grounds were placed entirely under the control of the Chief Engineer of the grounds. The Medical Department was organized in the early part of 1876, by the appointment of a Medical Director, a staff composed of six Medical Officers, and a Secretary, who was also the Resident Physician at the Hospital in the Exhibition grounds. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. MEDICAL DIRECTOR, WILLIAM PEPPER, M.D. OFFICERS OF MEDICAL STAFF, JACOB ROBERTS, M.D., S. W. GROSS, M.D., H. C. WOOD, Jr., M.D., ROLAND G. CURTIN, M.D., HAMILTON OSGOOD, M.D., DE FOREST WILLARD, M.D. RESIDENT PHYSICIAN AND SECRETARY, THEODORE HERBERT, M.D. [There were also employed a nurse, two apothecaries, and four attendants and clerical assistants.] The Ho.spital was centrally located in Landsdowne Ravine, on Landsdowne Avenue, between Agricultural and Belmont Avenues. Its position was retired, well shaded, and quite picturesque. The