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Medical Writings1 September 1998The Medical Education of William Brooks Bigler (1863)Suzanne M. Shultz, MASuzanne M. Shultz, MAYork Hospital; York, PA 17405Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-129-5-199809010-00026 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail William Brooks Bigler was born on 6 October 1833 in Fairview Township, York County, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, he was one of the first to volunteer for the defense of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, at the time of the Confederate invasion and was stationed at Camp Curtin for a few weeks. He read medicine under his brother-in-law, Dr. B.F. Porter [1], entered Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1863, and graduated on 10 March 1865. No copies of his doctoral thesis, entitled “Specific Remedies,” are available. After beginning medical practice in East Prospect, Bigler moved to Wrightsville, returned to East Prospect, ...
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