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George Thompson Shipley Applies To Be A Naval Surgeon For The Union During The Civil War

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George Thompson Shipley Applies To Be A Naval Surgeon For The Union During The Civil War
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Application submitted to the Examining Board of Naval Surgeons as Assistant Surgeon. 5 pages. Naval Hospital New York. September 5, 1861. Shipley gives answers to 8 questions including “What are the characteristics of healthy (or laudable) and what of unhealthy pus?” and “What are the methods of arresting uterine hemorrhage?” Shipley enlisted on September 16, 1861, and served aboard the USS Vandalia and the USS Wateree.