American surgeon, statistician, United States Army officer, designer of New York Public library (1838–1913)

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John Shaw Billings. Photograph.

Memorial meeting in honor of the late Dr. John Shaw Billings, April 25, 1913 / The New York Public Library, Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations.

John Shaw Billings, 1838-1913 / Cecil Striker.

John Shaw Billings centennial. [Programme of the celebrations and short biography of J.S. Billings] / National Library of Medicine.

The Billings Microscope Collection of the Medical Museum / Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.

John Shaw Billings : science and medicine in the Gilded Age / James H. Cassedy.

A report on barracks and hospitals : with descriptions of military posts / [by John S. Billings].

A report on the hygiene of the United States Army : with descriptions of military posts / [compiled by John S. Billings].

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 / by John S. Billings.

Medical education : extracts from lectures delivered before the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1877-8 / by John S. Billings.

The plans and purposes of the Johns Hopkins Hospital : an address delivered at the opening of the Hospital, May 7, 1889 / by John S. Billings.

The history and literature of surgery / by John S. Billings.

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Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913

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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 / by John S. Billings.

Medical education : extracts from lectures delivered before the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1877-8 / by John S. Billings.

A report on barracks and hospitals : with descriptions of military posts / [by John S. Billings].

The plans and purposes of the Johns Hopkins Hospital : an address delivered at the opening of the Hospital, May 7, 1889 / by John S. Billings.

The history and literature of surgery / by John S. Billings.