See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 364.
J Am Med Assoc. 1902;XXXVIII(8):527: Benjamin Franklin Pope, M.D. Albany (N.Y.) Medical College, 1864, lieutenant-colonel and deputy surgeon-general, U. S. Army, chief surgeon of the Division of the Philippines, died at Manila, February 14, after an illness of two weeks, from Bright's disease. He served as assistant surgeon in the Civil war, and at its close entered the regular establishment.
J Am Med Assoc. 1902;XXXVIII(9):600: Benjamin Franklin Pope, M.D. By the death of Colonel Pope, which occurred in Manila, February 14, and was noticed in the last issue of The Journal, the Medical Department of the Army loses one of its most prominent members. He was born in Rome, N. Y., on Feb. 24, 1843, and, therefore, at the time of his death was within ten days of being 59 years of age. He entered Hamilton College, New Y'ork, and studied there two years, being a class-mate of the present Secretary of War. He was graduated from Albany (New York) Medical College, in June, 1864, and immediately entered his country's service as assistant surgeon of the 10th New York Heavy Artillery. He served in the trenches in front of Petersburg and in the Shenandoah Valley in Sheridan's campaign; was chief of the field hospital at Bermuda Hundreds, in the provisional department of Virginia and North Carolina, and was afterward in charge of the Washington Hospital at Petersburg after the evacuation of the town, and until the close of the war. At this time, although he was young in years and in professional experience, he manifested a high degree of professional skill and of executive ability. He was mustered out of the volunteer service, July 19, 1865, was appointed lieutenant and assistant surgeon in the Regular Establishment, May 14, 1867; was made captain and assistant surgeon in 1869, and received his majority on Sept. 16, 1885. He was the first to notice and report the fungous growth resulting in "Madura foot" and reported a case in which he amputated the foot for this condition. To him also belongs the credit of establishing the circulating library for the army. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he was made Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief Surgeon of the 5th Army Corps, on May 9, 1898, and served throughout the war as chief surgeon under General Shatter, having entire medical charge of the Department of Santiago. He was mustered out of the volunteer service on Oct. 31, 1898, and on December 21 of the same year received his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Surgeon-General. On Jan. 1, 1902, he was made Colonel and Assistant Surgeon-General. Dr. Pope's chief contributions to medical literature were: "Trichinosis in the Army," 1884; ' Mycetoma, the Fungous Foot of India," 1896, and "A Plan for the Organization of a Medical Department for War Service in a United States Volunteer Army," read before the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States in 1900. [includes portrait]
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 364.
J Am Med Assoc. 1902;XXXVIII(8):527: Benjamin Franklin Pope, M.D. Albany (N.Y.) Medical College, 1864, lieutenant-colonel and deputy surgeon-general, U. S. Army, chief surgeon of the Division of the Philippines, died at Manila, February 14, after an illness of two weeks, from Bright's disease. He served as assistant surgeon in the Civil war, and at its close entered the regular establishment.
J Am Med Assoc. 1902;XXXVIII(9):600: Benjamin Franklin Pope, M.D. By the death of Colonel Pope, which occurred in Manila, February 14, and was noticed in the last issue of The Journal, the Medical Department of the Army loses one of its most prominent members. He was born in Rome, N. Y., on Feb. 24, 1843, and, therefore, at the time of his death was within ten days of being 59 years of age. He entered Hamilton College, New Y'ork, and studied there two years, being a class-mate of the present Secretary of War. He was graduated from Albany (New York) Medical College, in June, 1864, and immediately entered his country's service as assistant surgeon of the 10th New York Heavy Artillery. He served in the trenches in front of Petersburg and in the Shenandoah Valley in Sheridan's campaign; was chief of the field hospital at Bermuda Hundreds, in the provisional department of Virginia and North Carolina, and was afterward in charge of the Washington Hospital at Petersburg after the evacuation of the town, and until the close of the war. At this time, although he was young in years and in professional experience, he manifested a high degree of professional skill and of executive ability. He was mustered out of the volunteer service, July 19, 1865, was appointed lieutenant and assistant surgeon in the Regular Establishment, May 14, 1867; was made captain and assistant surgeon in 1869, and received his majority on Sept. 16, 1885. He was the first to notice and report the fungous growth resulting in "Madura foot" and reported a case in which he amputated the foot for this condition. To him also belongs the credit of establishing the circulating library for the army. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he was made Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief Surgeon of the 5th Army Corps, on May 9, 1898, and served throughout the war as chief surgeon under General Shatter, having entire medical charge of the Department of Santiago. He was mustered out of the volunteer service on Oct. 31, 1898, and on December 21 of the same year received his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Surgeon-General. On Jan. 1, 1902, he was made Colonel and Assistant Surgeon-General. Dr. Pope's chief contributions to medical literature were: "Trichinosis in the Army," 1884; ' Mycetoma, the Fungous Foot of India," 1896, and "A Plan for the Organization of a Medical Department for War Service in a United States Volunteer Army," read before the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States in 1900. [includes portrait]
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