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President Roosevelt encloses a letter from his family physician, Dr. Alexander Lambert, who believes that Major E. L. H. Swift was misdiagnosed with diabetes and subsequently forced to retire from the Army. Lambert states that Swift is in sound health and Roosevelt asks that his case be reexamined.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-07
President Roosevelt asks Surgeon General O’Reilly to look into the case of Dr. Edwin M. Mendel. Roosevelt believes that Dr. Mendel could be a credit to the service but Mendel believes he is being discriminated against due to his Jewish ancestry.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-20
On the recommendation of Dr. Alexander Lambert, President Roosevelt supports the appointment of Dr. J. D. Brown as assistant surgeon of volunteers in the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-02
John Campbell Greenway thanks General Wood for the photograph and requests a copy of the John Singer Sargent portrait of Wood. Greenway inquires about where to get the best typhoid vaccine, as he hopes to prevent the epidemics that happen every year in Bisbee, Arizona.
1911-11-08