Jonathan M. Foltz
Commodore Jonathan Messersmith Foltz | |
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Born | Lancaster, Pennsylvania | April 25, 1810
Died | April 12, 1877 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | (aged 66)
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/ | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1831–1872 |
Rank | Commodore |
Commands held | Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and Surgeon General |
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Relations | Frederick Steinman Foltz (son) |
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Jonathan Messersmith Foltz (April 25, 1810 – April 12, 1877) was a military surgeon of the United States Navy, who served in the Mexican–American War and American Civil War, eventually rising to the rank of commodore and serving as Surgeon General of the United States Navy in 1871–72. He was the father of Frederick Steinman Foltz.
Biography
Foltz was born in
Foltz entered the Navy as an assistant surgeon on April 4, 1831, serving aboard the frigate
On December 8, 1838, Foltz was examined and received promotion to the rank of Surgeon in the Navy, and on April 1, 1839, was appointed Surgeon of the Naval Hospital at
Foltz remained aboard Raritan in the
Foltz was president of the naval medical board in 1870–71,[2] of which he was one of the founding members in 1857.[1] He became medical director on March 3, 1871, and was appointed "Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery" and "Surgeon General", with the rank of commodore, on October 25 of that year. He was placed on the retired list on April 25, 1872.[2]
Publications
- The Medical Statistics and Observations during a Voyage around the World, on board the United States Frigate "Potomac", in the years 1831-4 (1835)
- The Pernicious Fevers of Africa (1838)
- On the Employment of Steamships of War in the United States Navy (1842)
- On the Endemic Influence of Evil Government as illustrated in the Island of Minorca, with Notes on the Climate, Topography, and Diseases of the Island (1843)
Notes
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
Further reading
- Foltz, Charles S. (1931). Surgeon of the Seas: the Adventurous Life of Surgeon General Jonathan M. Foltz in the Days of Wooden Ships. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company.