Bailey Ashford
Colonel Bailey K. Ashford (September 28, 1873 – September 10, 1934) was a soldier, physician and author. A pioneering physician, Ashford organized and conducted a parasite treatment campaign, which cured approximately 300,000 persons (one-third of the Puerto Rico population) and reduced the death rate from this anemia by 90 percent.
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