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/sˈərdʒən dʒˈɛnərəl/ Listen

Surgeon General

noun

The head of the United States Public Health Service.

The senior medical officer in an Army or Navy.

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"Surgeon General" Quotes from Famous Books

... the unusual mortality among the Federal prisoners confined at Andersonville; Georgia, in the month of August, 1864, during a visit to Richmond, Va., I expressed to the Surgeon General, S. P. Moore, Confederate States of America, a desire to visit Camp Sumter, with the design of instituting a series of inquiries upon the nature and causes of the prevailing diseases. Smallpox had appeared among the prisoners, and I ...

— Andersonville, complete • John McElroy

... scientific justification for the racial separation of blood and blamed the armed services for the decision. Despite the evidence of science and at risk of demoralizing the black community, the Army's Surgeon General defended the controversial practice as necessary to insure the acceptance of a potentially unpopular program. Ignoring constant criticism from the NAACP and elements of the black press, the armed forces continued to demand segregated blood banks throughout the war. Negroes ...

— Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 • Morris J. MacGregor Jr.

Words linked to "Surgeon General" : medical officer, executive director, medic, executive