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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Letter of the Day: February 3

All communications to this Office should be addressed " To the Surgeon General, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C."

Subject: Peruvian Skulls.

War Department
Surgeon General's Office,
U.S. Army Medical Museum and Library,
Corner of 7th and B Streets S.W.,

Washington, D.C. February 3, 1896

To the
Surgeon General, U.S. Army,
Washington, D.C.

General:

I have the honor to request authority to have prepared for this Museum nineteen facsimiles of ancient Peruvian skulls showing trephining, at a cost of $5.00 each, total of $95.00, to be paid for from the Museum appropriation.

Very respectfully,
D.L. Huntington
Deputy Surgeon General, U.S. Army,
In charge of Museum and Library Division

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