Louis Livingston Seaman

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Louis Livingston Seaman, FRGS (October 17, 1851 – January 31, 1932) was an American surgeon, born in Newburgh, New York.

Biography

After earning an undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1872, he graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1876 and from University Medical College, New York City in 1877. He became connected with several hospitals in New York City.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GccCikRrcQQC&pg=PA18-IA99 |title=Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography |volume=X |editor-first=J. E. |editor-last=Homans |location=New York |pages=41–43 |year=1924 |access-date=2020-08-10 |via=Google Books}} Seaman made a tour around the world in 1886.

During the Spanish–American War, he served as surgeon of the First Regiment, United States Volunteer Engineers, in time attaining the rank of major. During the Russo-Japanese War he remained for a time with the second Japanese army in Manchuria. He also personally met Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zuolin.

At the outset of World War I in 1914 he offered his services to the Belgian army and reported as a Red Cross surgeon.{{cite news |title=The Zeppelin Attack on Antwerp |first=Louis Livingston |last=Seaman |url=https://archive.org/stream/independen79v80newy#page/n344/mode/1up |newspaper=The Independent |date=Sep 7, 1914 |accessdate=July 24, 2012}}

He died at Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, New York on January 31, 1932.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57057136/dr-l-l-seaman-noted-surgeon-is/ |title=Dr. L. L. Seaman, Noted Surgeon, is Dead at 81 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |location=New York |page=29 |date=1932-02-01 |access-date=2020-08-10 |via=Newspapers.com}}

Works

His writings include:

[https://books.google.com/books?id=IQBpHAAACAAJ Rules for the Government of the School for Nurses at Charity Hospital, Blackwell's Island (1881)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=l7gnGwAACAAJ The Social Waste of a Great City: A Paper Read Before the American Association for the Advancement of Science at Its Annual Meeting in Buffalo, August 20, 1886 (1886)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=hrMnAAAAYAAJ The U.S. army ration and its adaptability for use in tropical climates: a paper read before the New York Academy of Medicine at its stated meeting, February 2, 1899 (1899)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=HHqJMgEACAAJ Observations in China and the Tropics on the Army Ration and the ... (1901)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=cOcFMgEACAAJ Native Troops for Our Colonial Possessions (1901)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=13UlMgEACAAJ Why the Army Canteen Should be Restored (1903)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=XqBmVUQbjzMC Shall disease triumph in our army? (1904)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=y6EWkgAACAAJ Shall Disease Triumph in Our Army?: Extracts from a Volume Entitled, "From Tokio Through Manchuria with the Japanese" [and from "The Real Triumph of Japan"]. (1904)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=q4AOAAAAYAAJ Daniel Claus' narrative of his relations with Sir William Johnson and experiences in the Lake George fight: Lake George Celebration Executive Committee report. Native troops in our colonial possessions (1904)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=l7bvtgAACAAJ Observations on the Medical Features of the Russo-Japanese War: Address of Maj. Louis L. Seaman Before the International Congress of Military Surgeons, October 12th, 1904 (1904)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=AywQAAAAYAAJ From Tokio through Manchuria with the Japanese (1905)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=GBrKXwAACAAJ From Tokio Through Manchuria with the Japanese, by Louis Livingston Seaman,... (1905)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=AywQAAAAYAAJ From Tokio through Manchuria with the Japanese (1905)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=we2yLwEACAAJ Observations in the Russo-Japanese War (1905)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=geUbMgEACAAJ A Portable Ration for Soldiers in Battle and on the March (1906)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=guqqXwAACAAJ The Real Triumph of Japan (the Conquest of the Silent Foe), by Louis Livingston Seaman,... (1906)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=OywQAAAAYAAJ The real triumph of Japan: the conquest of the silent foe (1908)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=uO8_MgEACAAJ Some of the Triumphs of Scientific Medicine in Peace and War in ... (1908)]
The Tse-Tse Fly and Sleeping Sickness (1908)
[https://books.google.com/books?id=sUvXHAAACAAJ The sleeping sickness (1910)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=_2D1GgAACAAJ Should the Panama Canal be Fortified? (1911)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=OfvPQAAACAAJ Fair Play for the Republic of China: Speech Delivered Under the Auspices of the Committee on National Affairs of the Republican Club of the City of New York, 1912 (1912)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=TbqvMgEACAAJ Alcohol a Menace to the Soldier: And the Privilege of the Post ... (1912)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=g05GMgEACAAJ The Restoration of the Army Canteen: A Moral and Sanitary Necessity (1912)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=9Ee_GwAACAAJ The aftermath of the Balkan war (1913)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=axC6GwAACAAJ The Holier Than Thou Policy of the President: Presented at the Session of the Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia 1916 (1916)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=aeoUtwAACAAJ Report of Dr. Louis Livingston Seaman, President of the British War Relief Association ... to the Members of the British War Relief Association on His Return from His Second Visit to the War Zone, October 23d, 1916 (1916)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=EPz3SAAACAAJ Report to the Members of The British War Relief Association, Inc., on His Return from His Second Visit to the War Zone, October 23rd, 1916 (1916)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=HLVFMgEACAAJ Report... to the Members of the British War Relief Association, on ... (1916)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=aElCHQAACAAJ Report ... to the Members of the British War Relief Association: On His Return from His Second Visit to the War Zone October 23, 1916 (1916)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=ojt-uAAACAAJ Address on Germany's Deportation of the Innocent People of Belgium and Northern France: By Major Louis Livingston Seaman, U.S.V. and Resolutions Unanimously Adopted by the Congregation of the Church of St. John the Evangilist [sic] Protestant Episcopal. Rev. John A. Wade, Rector, Sunday, December 10th, 1916 (1916)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=65BIHAAACAAJ Report to the British War Relief Association, Inc: On His Return from His Second Visit to the War Zone October 23, 1916 (1916)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=ArF4uAAACAAJ The Crucifixion of Belgium: An Address on Germanys' Deportation of the Innocent People of Belgium and Northern France at the Church of St. John the Evangelist,Protestant Episcopal (1917)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=VyLDHAAACAAJ Lincoln on Preparedness: An Address by Major Louis Livingston Seaman at the Celebration of Lincoln's Birthday and the Twentieth Anniversary of the Lincoln Memorial University, February 12th, 1917, Cumberland Gap, Tennessee (1917)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=H5cFtwAACAAJ Dr. Seaman on Preparedness: Speech of Hon. Frederick C. Hicks, of Long Island, in the House of Representatives, Friday, March 2, 1917 (1917)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=qIEeHAAACAAJ The Prevention of Disease in the War: More Power for the Medical Department of the Army (1918)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=EOHCLwEACAAJ The Owendyer Bills for Increased Rank of Medical Officers (1918)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=HEgDAAAAMAAJ Shall the treaty of peace be one of justice or one of infamy? (1919)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=dvVQywAACAAJ Shall the Treaty of Peace be One of Justice Or of Infamy?. (1919)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=8tLxSAAACAAJ The Hope of the Philippines (191?)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=zR3jSAAACAAJ The Prevention of Disease in the War. More Power for the Medical Departement of the Army.... (19??)]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=8RcRuQAACAAJ From Tokyo Through Manchuria with the Japanese (1950)]

References

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