James M. Patton, MD, 1919
Item
Title
James M. Patton, MD, 1919
Date
5 January 1925
Description
James M. Patton, MD, was born in Pennsylvania in 1876 and grew up in Pawnee City, Nebraska. He received his medical degree from UNMC in 1904 and joined the faculty in ophthalmology in 1906. During WWI, Dr. Patton joined the Medical Corps of the U.S. Army as a Captain, serving at Base Hospital No. 49 and later in the Hospital Centre at Vittel, France. Patton continued to serve in the Ophthalmology Department after the war, acting as chair in 1925.
Identifier
4.10f.01
Rights
From the McGoogan Health Sciences Library Special Collections and Archives