Alfred Alexander Woodhull
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Alfred Alexander Woodhull (1837- ? ) was an American army surgeon. Born in Princeton, N. J., he graduated from Princeton University in 1856 and, in medicine, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1859. He was commissioned a medical officer in the United States army in 1861 and served through the war, in 1864-65 being chief surgeon of the army of the James. With the rank of lieutenant colonel, he was chief surgeon of the Department of the Pacific (Philippines) in 1899. The next year he became colonel and assistant surgeon general, and in 1901 was retired. In 1885 he received the gold medal of the Military Service Institution and in 1907 the Seaman essay prize. Woodhull was the first to call to the attention of the service the necessity of coöperation between the medical and line officers in the promotion of military hygiene. From 1902 to 1907 he lectured at Princeton University on hygiene and sanitation. In 1904 he was promoted brigadier general on the retired list.
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