John Shaw Billings
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
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 John Shaw Billings

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AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
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A facsimile copy of the original manuscript
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
       Bethesda, Md.  1965 
      Original manuscript donated to the
National Library of Medicine by the grandson of
  the author, John Shaw Billings, II, in 1964. 
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            Published in connection with the
JOHN SHAW BILLINGS CENTENNIAL, JUNE 17,  1965
      in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of
         Dr. Billings' appointment as head of the
    Library of the Surgeon General's Office, U.S. Army
GPO : 1965 0 — 771-866