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HASLETT, John, surgeon, born in Charleston, South Carolina, in December, 1799; died in Brooklyn, New York, 28 September, 1878. He was graduated at Harvard in 1819, and in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1822. He entered the United States navy as a surgeon in the same year and continued in service, reaching the rank of fleet surgeon, until 1841, when he resigned. On the establishment of the Brooklyn city hospital, Dr. Haslett became its vice president, and practically its head. On the death in 1853 of its first president, Dr. Haslett succeeded him, and continued to discharge the duties of his office until shortly before his death. Dr. Haslett was for many years a member of the board of management of the Packer collegiate institute.
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