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Colonel Bailey K. Ashford was born in Washington D.C. in 1873 and died in 1934 . He was one of five children in the family of a prominent physician. His general education was obtained at the public schools and at Columbia University (now George Washington University ). In 1896 , he graduated from the Georgetown University Medical School and, during this period served as resident physician in several area hospitals. As a recently commissioned lieutenant in the United States Army Medical Corps , he accompanied the military expedition to Puerto Rico in 1898 . Serving as the medical officer in the general military hospital in Ponce , Puerto Rico , he was the first to describe and successfully treat North America n Hookworm in 1899 . He was a tireless clinician and conducted an exhaustive study of the Anemia caused by hookworm infestation, which was responsible for as many as 12,000 deaths a year. From 1903 – 1904 , he organized and conducted a parasite treatment campaign, which cured approximately 300,000 persons (one-third of the Puerto Rico population) and reduced the death rate from this anemia by 90 percent. Captain Ashford was a founding member of the Puerto Rico Anemia Commission and, by special authority of the Secretary of War, served on the Commission from campus, of a unique hispano-american architectural style. ]] In his honor, the main avenue in the San Juan, Puerto Rico district of " El Condado ", bears his name as well as Ashford Presbyterian Community Hospital, also in Condado, Puerto Rico . His home in Condado, Puerto Rico is being renovated. His writings include: ''Anemia in Puerto Rico'' published in 1904 ; and ''uncinariasis in Puerto Rico'' published in 1911 After his death in 1934, his remains were interred in Puerto Rico National Cemetery in the city of Bayamón . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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