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MARSHALL, William, surgeon, born in Milton, Delaware, 23 May, 1827. After attending Milton academy he was graduated at Jefferson medical college in 1847, and practised in Milton, Philadelphia, Placerville, California, and Georgetown, Delaware, until the opening of the civil war. He served in the National army as surgeon of the 3d Delaware regiment, and after the battle of Antietam was discharged for disability, but he subsequently led a company in the 6th Delaware regiment, and also acted as surgeon until the close of the war. Since that time he has practised in Milford. He has been president of the Delaware medical society, and was secretary of the State board of health from 1879 till 1887. He performed the first successful resection of the numerus in the civil war, at Winchester in 1862, and discovered the pathognomonic sign of malarial poisoning. His specialties are surgery and obstetrics, and he has contributed numerous articles to medical publications.
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