Hugh S. Cumming
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Born | Hugh Smith Cumming August 17, 1869 Hampton, Virginia, U.S. |
Died | December 20, 1948 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 79)
Alma mater | Baltimore City College University of Virginia |
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Branch/service | Public Health Service |
Years of service | 1894–1936 |
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Hugh Smith Cumming (August 17, 1869 – December 20, 1948) was an U.S. physician and soldier. He served as the fifth Surgeon General of the United States from 1920 to 1936.
A collection of his papers are held at the National Library of Medicine.[1]
Biography
Early life
Cumming was born in
Career
Cumming was assigned to a variety of posts during his early career in the Service, especially
During World War I, Cumming was assigned to the United States Navy as a sanitary advisor. He was later ordered to Europe to study the sanitary conditions of the ports from which troops would embark and to confer with military authorities to take the necessary action to prevent the introduction of disease into the United States by returning troops. He was also a member of the Typhus Fever Commission to Poland.
Surgeon General
On 3 March 1920, Cumming was appointed
Soon after his appointment, Cumming inaugurated a plan for the medical inspection of
The
In 1930, the PHS was given the responsibility of providing medical and psychiatric care to Federal prisoners. Under the Social Security Act of 1935, the PHS was authorized to provide grants-in-aid to the States for the development of public health work.
Cumming served as President of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States in 1924 and as President of the
In 1935 Cumming was awarded the
International Office of Public Hygiene
While he was Surgeon General, Cumming attended several meetings of the International Office of Public Health (OIHP) in Paris, the predecessor of the World Health Organization.
After ending his term as Surgeon-General, Cumming served for a period as Chairman of the Permanent Committee of the OIHP.[7]
Personal life
Hugh Cumming retired as Surgeon General and from active duty in the Public Health Service on 31 January 1936 as a rear admiral. He continued to serve as Director of the
His son,
References
- ^ "Hugh S. Cumming Papers 1945-1977". National Library of Medicine.
- ^ The News-Herald (Franklin, Pennsylvania); Saturday, February 12, 1921; Page 1
- S2CID 11993490.
- PMID 9422551.
- ^ Jonathan Peter Spiro, Defending the Master Race: Conservation, Eugenics, and the Legacy of Madison Grant. Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England, 2009. page 394.
- ^ "Public Welfare Award". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ Howard-Jones, Norman (1978). International Public Health between the Two World Wars: The Organizational Problems. Geneva: World Health Organization.
- Office of Public Health and Science (4 January 2007). "Office of the Surgeon General: Hugh Smith Cumming (1920-1936)". U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Archived from the original on 2008-09-16. Retrieved 2008-01-17.