Bailey Ashford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American soldier, physician and author
Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1873
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Date of Death: 10-Sep-1934
Profession: physician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Bailey Ashford
- Colonel Bailey K.
- Ashford (September 28, 1873 – September 10, 1934) was an American physician who had a military career in the United States Army, and afterward taught full-time at the School of Tropical Medicine, which he helped establish in San Juan. A pioneering physician in the treatment of anemia, while stationed in Puerto Rico Ashford organized and conducted a parasite treatment campaign against hookworm, which cured approximately 300,000 persons (one-third of the Puerto Rico population).
- This reduced the death rate from associated anemia by 90 percent.
- He was a founding member of the Puerto Rico Anemia Commission.
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