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John Shaw Billings (April 12, 1838 – March 11, 1913) was an American librarian, building designer, and surgeon who modernized the Library of the Surgeon General's Office in the United States Army. His work with Andrew Carnegie led to the development and his service as the first director of the New York Public Library. Billings oversaw the building of the Surgeon General's Library, which was the nation's first comprehensive library for medicine. (From Wikipedia) More about John S. Billings:
Associated authors:
- Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926
- Greene, Jacob Lyman, 1837-1905
- Farnam, Henry W. (Henry Walcott), 1853-1933
- Peabody, Francis Greenwood, 1847-1936
- Calkins, Raymond, 1869-
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5 additional books about John S. Billings in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) John Shaw Billings : a memoir (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1915), by Fielding H. Garrison and Adelaide R. Hasse (page images at HathiTrust)- The Billings Microscope Collection of the Medical Museum, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. (American Registry of Pathology, 1967), by Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (U.S.). Medical Museum (page images at HathiTrust)
- Memorial meeting in honor of the late Dr. John Shaw Billings, April 25, 1913 ([s.n.], 1913), by New York Public Library (page images at HathiTrust)
- John Shaw Billings, creator of the National medical library and its catalogue, first director of the New York public library (American library association, 1924), by Harry Miller Lydenberg (page images at HathiTrust)
- John Shaw Billings : an autobiographical fragment 1905 : a facsimile copy of the original manuscript (National Library of Medicine, 1965), by John S. Billings and National Library of Medicine (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Books by John S. Billings: ![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif) Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: The Liquor Problem: A Summary of Investigations Conducted by the Committee of Fifty, 1893-1903 (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1905), also by Charles William Eliot, Henry W. Farnam, Jacob Lyman Greene, and Francis Greenwood Peabody, contrib. by Raymond Calkins
Additional books by John S. Billings in the extended shelves:- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: The bacteria of river waters (Government Printing Office, 1895), also by James Homer Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Bibliography (preliminary) of the literature on the physiological and pathological effects of alcohol and alcoholic drinks. (Judd & Detweiler, 1894), also by Committee of Fifty for the Investigation of the Liquor Problem (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: The Billings microscope collection of the Medical Museum, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1974), also by James L. Hansen and Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (U.S.). Medical Museum (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: A century of American medicine. 1776-1876 (H. C. Lea, 1876), also by Oliver Wendell Holmes, T. Gaillard Thomas, Samuel D. Gross, Edward H. Clarke, Henry Jacob Bigelow, and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: The cholera epidemic of 1873 in the United States. (G.P.O., 1875), also by United States. Department of the Army. Office of the Surgeon General, John M. Woodworth, John C. Peters, Ely McClellan, Joseph K. Barnes, United States Public Health Service, United States. President (1869-1877 : Grant), and United States. Marine Hospital Service (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: The composition of expired air and its effects upon animal life. (Smithsonian Institution, 1895), also by D. H. Bergey and S. Weir Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: The composition of expired air and its effects upon animal life. Abstract of a report on the results of an investigation made for the Smithsonian Institution under the provisions of the Hodgkins fund. ... . (Washington, 1896), also by D. H. Bergey and S. Weir Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Dr. Wm. Douglass's almanack (John Wilson and Son, University Press, 1884), also by Samuel A. Green, Henry W. Williams, and Massachusetts Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Eleventh census of the United States, 1890. Volume 3, Insane, feeble-minded, deaf and dumb, and blind (Norman Ross Pub., 1993), also by United States. Census Office. 11th census (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: An experimental inquiry regarding the nutritive value of alcohol (Government Printing Office, 1902), also by W. O. Atwater and Francis Gano Benedict (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Hand book of information regarding the routine procedure of the Bureau of Infectious Diseases 1914 (Department of Health, 1914) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Handbook of information regarding the routine procedure of the Bureau of Infectious Diseases, 1914 (Dept. of Health of the City of New York, 1914), also by New York (N.Y.). Bureau of Infectious Diseases (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: The history and literature of surgery. ([n.p., 1895) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Hospital plans. Five essays relating to the construction, organization & management of hospitals (W. Wood & co., 1875), also by Johns Hopkins Hospital, Stephen Smith, Caspar Morris, Joseph Jones, and Norton Folsom (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Hospitals, dispensaries and nursing : papers and discussions in the International Congress of Charities, Correction, and Philanthropy, section III, Chicago, June 12th to 17th, 1893 (Johns Hopkins Press ;, 1894), also by Correction International Congress of Charities and Henry M. Hurd (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: The human bones of the Hemenway collection in the United States Army Medical Museum at Washington (National Academy of Sciences, 1893), also by Washington Matthews and J. L. Wortman (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Index medicus : a ... classified record of the current medical literature of the world. (The Carnegie Institution; [etc.], 1879), also by Albert Allemann, Frank J. Stockman, Fielding H. Garrison, Robert Fletcher, and Carnegie Institution of Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: John Shaw Billings : an autobiographical fragment 1905 : a facsimile copy of the original manuscript (National Library of Medicine, 1965), also by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Medical bibliography (Press of Isaac Friedenwald, 1883) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Memoir of Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1823-1887. (Judd & Detweiler, printers, 1889) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Methods of research in medical literature (1887) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: The national medical dictionary: including English, French, German, Italian, and Latin technical terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences, and a series of tables of useful data. (Lea Brothers & Co., 1890) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Physiological aspects of the liquor problem (Houghton, Mifflin, 1903), also by W. O. Atwater and Committee of Fifty for the Investigation of the Liquor Problem (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: The principles of ventilation and heating and their practical application. (Engineering & Building Record, 1889) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: The principles of ventilation and heating, and their practical application. (The Sanitary engineer, 1884) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: The principles of ventilation and heating and their practical application (The Sanitary Engineer, 1889) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Public health and municipal government. (Philadelphia, 1891) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Report of the commissioner of agriculture on the diseases of cattle in the United States. (Govt. Print. Off., 1871), also by United States. Dept. of Agriculture, J. R. Dodge, Henry William Ravenel, Edward Curtis, Joseph Janvier Woodward, John Gamgee, and Horace Capron (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: A report on the hygiene of the United States Army, with descriptions of military posts. (Govt. Print. Off., 1875), also by United States. Surgeon-General's Office (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Report on the mortality and vital statistics of the United States as returned at the tenth census (June 1, 1880) (Norman Ross Publishing Inc., 1991), also by United States Census Office (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Report on the social statistics of cities in the United States : at the eleventh census, 1890 (Government Printing Off., 1895), also by United States Census Office (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Report on the social statistics of cities in the United States at the eleventh census: 1890. (U.S.Govt.Print.Off., 1895), also by United States. Census Office. 11th census (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Report on vital and social statistics in the United States at the eleventh census: 1890. (Govt. print. Off., 1894) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Suggestions to hospital and asylum visitors (Lippincott, 1895), also by Henry M. Hurd (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Supplementary analysis and derivative tables. Twelfth census of the United States. (Govt. print. off., 1906), also by United States. Census Office. 1900, W. E. B. Du Bois, Joseph A. Hill, Allyn A. Young, and Walter F. Willcox (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Supplementary analysis and derivative tables : Twelfth census of the United States, 1900 (U.S. G.P.O., 1906), also by W. E. B. Du Bois, Joseph A. Hill, Allyn Abbott Young, Walter Francis Willcox, and United States Bureau of the Census (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Surgery (Lea Brothers, 1895), also by Frederic S. Dennis (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Ventilation and heating (The Engineering record, 1893) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Vital statistics of Boston and Philadelphia covering a period of six years ending May 31, 1890. (Govt. print. off., 1895), also by United States. Census Office. 11th census, Alonzo W. Shunk, and William Alexander King (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Vital statistics of New York city and Brooklyn : covering a period of six years ending May 31, 1890 (Govt. print. off., 1894), also by United States Census Office (page images at HathiTrust)
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913: Vital statistics of the District of Columbia and Baltimore covering a period of six years ending May 31, 1890 (Govt. Print. Off., 1893), also by United States. Census Office. 11th census (page images at HathiTrust)
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