John B. Hamilton

John B. Hamilton (1 December 1847 – 24 December 1898) was an American physician and soldier. He was appointed the second Surgeon General of the United States from 1879 to 1891.

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    The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
    John Berger (b. 1926)

    Word’s gane to the kitchen,
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    To the hichest Stewart of a’.
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