There were approximately 1,400 military ‘doctors’ during the American Revolution who treated American soldiers either on the battlefield or in hospitals. Of this number, only 400 were actually trained physicians; the other thousand or so were assistants or young apprentices who basically ‘learned on the job’. Several doctors put aside their scalpels for the sword … Continue reading Declaration of Independence: Physician Josiah Bartlett of New Hampshire, First to Vote and Second to Sign
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