Walter Wyman
| Walter Wyman | |
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| Third Surgeon General of the United States | |
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In office 1 June 1891 – 21 November 1911 |
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| Preceded by | John B. Hamilton |
| Succeeded by | Rupert Blue |
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August 17, 1848 St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Died | November 21, 1911 (aged 63) Washington, D.C. |
Walter Wyman (17 August 1848 – 21 November 1911) was an American physician and soldier. He was appointed the third Surgeon General of the United States from 1891 until his death in 1911.
Wyman was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He obtained his A.B. degree from Amherst College in Massachusetts in 1870 and then graduated in 1873 from the St. Louis Medical College (now Washington University School of Medicine)
Wyman served as a physician at the city hospital in St. Louis for 2 years and then engaged in private practice for another year before joining the Marine Hospital Service in 1876 as an Assistant Surgeon. He was promoted to Surgeon the following year, and served successively in the marine hospitals at St. Louis, Cincinnati, Baltimore, and New York City. While he was in charge of the marine hospital in Staten Island, New York, the Hygienic Laboratory (forerunner of the National Institutes of Health) was established there in 1887 by Supervising Surgeon General John B. Hamilton. Wyman had studied in Europe in 1885, and was well acquainted with the bacteriological investigations of Robert Koch and others. He fully supported the creation of the Hygienic Laboratory.
In December, 1888, Wyman moved to Washington, D.C. as Chief of the Quarantine Division. When Hamilton resigned as Supervising Surgeon General, Wyman was appointed to the position as of June 1, 1891. He was to remain at the helm of the Marine Hospital Service for 20 years.
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