CHAPTER XXXI 

 COLONEL GEORGE E. BUSHNELL, M.C., U.S.A. 



HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



FROM 



DR. GEORGE E. BUSHNELL, Colonel of the United 

 States Army, Retired, was unanimously chosen honorary 

 vice-president of the National Tuberculosis Association 

 at the annual meeting in 1918, in special recognition of the great 

 service he had rendered in the prevention of tuberculosis in the 

 army during the world war. 



George Ensign Bushnell was born in Worcester, Mass., Septem- 

 ber 10, 1853, his parents being George and Mary Elizabeth Bush- 

 nell. He graduated with the degree of A.B. from Yale in 1876, 

 and obtained the degree of M.D. at the same school in 1880. He 

 passed the examination for assistant surgeon in the United States 

 Army, and was appointed in February, 1881. He passed through 

 the various grades, finally reaching that of colonel, and was re- 

 tired as such on account of age limit September 10, 1917. 



Since 1903 Colonel Bushnell has paid particular attention to the 

 study of tuberculosis. At that time he had been assigned to duty 

 at the army sanatorium for the tuberculous at Fort Bayard, New 

 Mexico. In 1904 he was in command of the hospital, where he 

 remained until June 2, 1917, when he was assigned to duty in the 

 office of the Surgeon General and placed in charge of all matters 

 appertaining to tuberculosis in the army. Although officially re- 

 tired on September 10, 1917, so experienced a physician could not 

 be spared at such a time, and the Colonel remained on active 

 duty throughout the war. His services at the head of the tuber- 

 culosis section of the Army Medical Corps have been invaluable. 



One of the most effective circulars brought out during the war 

 was S.G.O. Circular No. 20, which was issued upon his recom- 

 mendation from the Surgeon General's office. This circular was 



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