Family
His father was the physician to the town of Canonsburg and died early in William's life.
He is the younger brother of Jonathan K. Letterman who is known as the Father of Battlefield Medicine. His system enabled thousands of wounded men to be recovered and treated during the American Civil War.
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Famous quotes containing the word family:
“Wherever the citizen becomes indifferent to his fellows, so will the husband be to his wife, and the father of a family toward the members of his household.”
—Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)
“Of all the vices, lewdness is the worst; of all the virtues, family duty is the first.”
—Chinese proverb.
Rhyme.
“Because it’s not only that a child is inseparable from the family in which he lives, but that the lives of families are determined by the community in which they live and the cultural tradition from which they come.”
—Bernice Weissbourd (20th century)