Medicine: In Congress

Congress carries on its rolls nine medicos—six physicians and three dentists. So noted last week the Journal of the American Medical Association, They are:

In the Senate

Royal Samuel Copeland.....Dem....N. Y.

Henrik Shipstead (Dentist).... F.L... Minn.

In the House

E. M. Irwin...............Rep....Ill.

Ladislas Lazaro...........Dem....La.

John J. Kindred...........Dem....N. Y.

William T. Fitzgerald.....Rep....Ohio

John W. Summers.........Rep........ Wash.

Roy O. Woodruff (Dentist)...Rep....Mich.

Frank Crowther (Dentist)..Rep....N. Y.

Senators Woodbridge Nathan Ferris (Dem., Mich.) and George Higgins Moses (Rep., N. H.) studied medicine for brief periods.

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