A new clothing case for the soldier.

Parker, William Thornton, 1849-1925.

Chicago : American Medical Association, 1886.

Description : 4 p., [1 l.] pl. ; ill.: 2 phots. ; 19 cm.

Photographs : 2 albumens mounted on printed card.

Photographer : Leander A. Peckham, (1863-1912), Newport, R.I.

Subject : Military body — Hygiene.

Notes :

• Author caption: unverified.
• Medical training, U.S. Army Medical Dept.
• Formerly Acting Assistant Surgeon US Army.
• Surgeon, U. S. Indian Service.
• Photo caption : L. A. Peckham, Newport, R.I.
• Reprinted from the Journal of the American Medical Association, March 6, 1886.
• Cordasco 80-4806, 80-4807 (2nd edition).
• Index Medicus: 21206131030, 20106301040, 20106301230 (journal), 20106301050 (2nd ed.), 11606381410 (3rd ed.).

A 3rd edition of this paper, illustrated with half-tone reproductions of the albumen photographs, was published in the journal, International medical magazine (1895, vol. 3, p. 731-732 ; vide: »»). This later edition also had a half-tone image of a soldier who is shown modelling Parker's kit.

Dr. Parker was a career medical officer and a veteran of the Indian Wars. His memoir titled, Personal experiences among our North American Indians from 1867 to 1885, is a very readable ethnography written from a medical perspective. He specialized in military hygiene but published also on sanitation of railways and climates for consumptives.