Benjamin Waterhouse

From Wikipedia.

Benjamin Waterhouse (March 4, 1754 to October 2, 1846)  Physician and Co-founder of Harvard Medical School.

I am writing about him here because of his name being on the book I have been using for the British prisoner entries.  These were not his experiences, however.

Waterhouse is also known as the first American doctor to test the smallpox vaccine, which he did on his own family.

During the War of 1812, he served in the U.S. Army, before the military designation of physician carried a rank.  He held the position of "Hospital Surgeon."  In 1818, he was promoted to the rank of "Post Surgeon" and was honorably discharged in 1821.

--Brock-Perry