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"[James Tilton] had arrived at a time of life which would justly entitle him to retirement and rest from the onerous duties of a laborious profession when in 1812, 'war's loud alarms' again aroused his interest in military medicine...".
"...his selection as...Surgeon General when that office was established by the army staff organization act of March 13, 1813."
"In this work he elaborated his objections to large and overcrowded general hospitals and accentuated the desirability of distributing the sick in small regimental hospitals"
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