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    Exhibit at Walter Reed Highlights African Americans in Civil War Medicine [Image 3 of 4]

    Exhibit at Walter Reed Highlights African Americans in Civil War Medicine

    UNITED STATES

    01.31.2023

    Courtesy Photo

    Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

    Dr. Charles Purvis, an assistant surgeon during the Civil War, and the first Black man to run a civilian hospital and the first Black doctor to treat a sitting president when he tended to President James Garfield in 1881.

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 01.31.2023
    Date Posted: 01.31.2023 15:16
    Photo ID: 7610635
    VIRIN: 230131-D-AB123-2003
    Resolution: 196x257
    Size: 5.15 KB
    Location: US

    Web Views: 27
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