American Medical Biographies/Brown, Harvey E.
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Brown, Harvey E. (1840–1889)
Harvey E. Brown, surgeon of the United States Army, was the son of Col. Harvey Brown of the fifth United States Artillery. After graduating in medicine at the University of New York he was appointed assistant surgeon to the seventieth New York Volunteer Regiment and was transferred to the regular army April 13, 1863. He rendered notable service during the Civil War. In 1881 he was promoted to the rank of major. During the last years of his life he was employed in the surgeon-general's office at Washington. Dr. Brown was the author of "The Medical Department of the United States Army from 1775 to 1873." He died at Jackson Barracks, near New Orleans, August 20, 1889.
Med. News, Phila., 1889, vol. lv.