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- Dr. Henry PALMER. For many years one of the most prominent
- physicians and surgeons of Wisconsin was Dr. Henry PALMER,
of Janesville.
- Dr. PALMER was born in New York state in 1827, graduated
from
- Albany Medical College in 1854 and came to Janesville in
1856. At the beginning of the Civil War Dr. PALMER entered the
volunteer service as surgeon of the Seventh Wisconsin infantry.
In 1862 he was made surgeon of the celebrated "Iron Brigade,"
and later was placed in charge of the largest military hospital
in the United States, at York, Pa. In 1864 he was appointed medical
inspector of the Eighth army corps; in 1865 was detailed to close
up the affairs of the hospital at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill..,
and was mustered out with the brevet rank of lieutenant colonel.
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- Dr. PALMER, after his return to civil life, became prominent
as a surgeon. He was professor of
- clinical surgery in the College of Physicians and Surgeons,
of Chicago (now the Medical Department of the University of Illinois),
from its organization until his death, which occurred January
15, 1895.
- Dr. PALMER was mayor of Janesville in 1866 and 1867, was
vice president of the American
- Medical Association and was surgeon general of Wisconsin
for ten years.
- The PALMER Memorial Hospital, Janesville, perpetuates his
name.
- His son, Dr. William H. PALMER, is in practice in Janesville.
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- Taken from "Rock County, Wisconsin, Vol. I"
by William Fiske Brown, (c)1908, p. 469; lithograph p. 302.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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