Frank Hastings Hamilton papers, 1863-1887

Biographical Note

Date	Event
1813, Sept. 10	Born, Wilmington, Vt.
1830	Graduated, Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.
1833	Received license to practice medicine
1835	M.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
1846	Helped found medical department, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.
1859	Appointed professor of Surgery, Long Island Hospital College, Long Island, N.Y.
1860	Published Treatise on Fractures and Dislocations. Philadelphia: Lea
1861	Volunteered for service in the Civil War and commissioned surgeon of the Thirty-first New York Regiment of Infantry Published Practical Treatise on Military Surgery. New York : Baillière
1861-1865	Professor of surgery, Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, N.Y.
1863	Became medical inspector of the U.S. Army
1863-1864	Medical inspector during Civil War, U.S. Army
1872	The Principles and Practice of Surgery. New York: William Wood & Co.
1881	Consultant to the physician attending to James A. Garfield after the shooting of the president
1886, Aug. 11	Died, New York, N.Y.