john shaw billings

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born April 12, 1838, Switzerland county, Ind., U.S. died March 11, 1913, New York, N.Y. U.S. surgeon and librarian. He worked for the U.S. Army 1861-95. He fostered the growth of the surgeon general's library in Washington, D.C., developing what would become the National Library of Medicine, the world's largest medical reference centre. He founded the monthly Index Medicus (1879), still one of the primary U.S. medical bibliographies, and published the first Index Catalogue (1880-95). He also designed Johns Hopkins Hospital and was its medical adviser, ran national vital statistics programs, led the U.S. effort to end yellow fever, and was the first director of the New York Public Library. His organization of U.S. medical institutions was central to modernization of hospital care and maintenance of public health
john shaw billings

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    John shaw Bil·lings

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