United State Naval Surgeon. He entered the Medical Corps of the United States Navy as Surgeon's Mate in 1826, and was promoted first to Assistant Surgeon in 1828, then Surgeon in 1831. He served as fleet surgeon of the ship "USS Enterprise", during their expedition to California and the northern Pacific coast in colonial Mexico, a trip that saw him publish his recollections in "Sketches in California, 1836". From 1836 to 1839 he was assigned as a Fleet Surgeon in the East Indies Squadron, and as Surgeon on board the "USS Peacock, he was part of the 1836 diplomatic expedition to the Kingdom of Siam by Edmund Roberts who had earlier been unsuccessful in negotiating favorable trade agreements there. Doctor Ruschenberger's observances of that mission and life in Siam in the 1830s were then published as "Narrative of a Voyage Round the World during the Years 1835, 36, and 37: Including a Narrative of an Embassy to the Sultan of Muscat and the King of Siam" (in 2002 his work and Edmund Robert's account of his first mission were published together as "Two Yankee Diplomats in 1830s Siam"). He directed the Brooklyn Naval Hospital from 1843 to 1847, served again as Fleet Surgeon of the East Indies Squadron from 1848 to 1853, and then served as the Pacific Squadron's Fleet Surgeon from 1853 to 1857. During the Civil war he was assigned to Boston's Naval Medical facilities, and was put on the retired list on September 4, 1869. On March 3, 1871 he was promoted on the retired list to Medical Director with the rank of Commodore. He served as President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia from 1879 to 1883.
He was married to Mary B. Wister, who was the older sister of Caspar Wister and Owen Wister, both prominent physicians of the famous Philadelphia Wister family.
Wister and Owen J. Wister)
He was married to Mary B. Wister, who was the older sister of Caspar Wister and Owen Wister, both prominent physicians of the famous Philadelphia Wister family.
Wister and Owen J. Wister)
United State Naval Surgeon. He entered the Medical Corps of the United States Navy as Surgeon's Mate in 1826, and was promoted first to Assistant Surgeon in 1828, then Surgeon in 1831. He served as fleet surgeon of the ship "USS Enterprise", during their expedition to California and the northern Pacific coast in colonial Mexico, a trip that saw him publish his recollections in "Sketches in California, 1836". From 1836 to 1839 he was assigned as a Fleet Surgeon in the East Indies Squadron, and as Surgeon on board the "USS Peacock, he was part of the 1836 diplomatic expedition to the Kingdom of Siam by Edmund Roberts who had earlier been unsuccessful in negotiating favorable trade agreements there. Doctor Ruschenberger's observances of that mission and life in Siam in the 1830s were then published as "Narrative of a Voyage Round the World during the Years 1835, 36, and 37: Including a Narrative of an Embassy to the Sultan of Muscat and the King of Siam" (in 2002 his work and Edmund Robert's account of his first mission were published together as "Two Yankee Diplomats in 1830s Siam"). He directed the Brooklyn Naval Hospital from 1843 to 1847, served again as Fleet Surgeon of the East Indies Squadron from 1848 to 1853, and then served as the Pacific Squadron's Fleet Surgeon from 1853 to 1857. During the Civil war he was assigned to Boston's Naval Medical facilities, and was put on the retired list on September 4, 1869. On March 3, 1871 he was promoted on the retired list to Medical Director with the rank of Commodore. He served as President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia from 1879 to 1883.
He was married to Mary B. Wister, who was the older sister of Caspar Wister and Owen Wister, both prominent physicians of the famous Philadelphia Wister family.
Wister and Owen J. Wister)
He was married to Mary B. Wister, who was the older sister of Caspar Wister and Owen Wister, both prominent physicians of the famous Philadelphia Wister family.
Wister and Owen J. Wister)
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