Bailey Ashford

Colonel Bailey K. Ashford (September 28, 1873 - September 10, 1934) was a soldier, physician and author. A pioneering physician, Ashford organized and conducted a parasite treatment campaign, which cured approximately 300,000 persons (one-third of the Puerto Rico population) and reduced the death rate from this anemia by 90 percent. Ashford was born in Washington D.C. was one of five children in the family of Dr. Francis Ashford, a prominent physician. His general education was obtained at the public schools and at Columbian University in Washington D.C.(now George Washington University). In 1896, he graduated from the Georgetown University Medical School and, during this period served as resident physician in several area hospitals. As...