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John Henry Lowman

  • School: Physicians & Surgeons
  • Class Year: 1877
  • War: World War I
  • Date of Death: January 23, 1919

John Henry Lowman, M.D., a renowned tuberculosis expert, went to Italy in 1918 to direct a treatment center for the American Red Cross. In Rome he contracted influenza and died upon his return to New York on January 23, 1919.

John Henry Lowman

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