Bailey k ashford biography definition
Colonel Bailey Kelly Ashford (September 18, – November 1, ) was an....
Bailey Ashford
American soldier, physician and author
Colonel Bailey Kelly Ashford (September 18, 1873 – November 1, 1934)[1] was an American physician who had a military career in the United States Army, and afterward taught full-time at the School of Tropical Medicine in Puerto Rico, which he helped establish in San Juan.
A pioneering physician in the treatment of anemia, Ashford organized and conducted a parasite treatment campaign against hookworm while stationed in Puerto Rico.
He is best known for his work on developing genetic technologies to define the molecular basis of parasite resistance to first-line drugs, as well as defining.
This cured approximately 300,000 persons (one-third of the Puerto Rico population) and reduced the death rate from associated anemia by 90 percent. He was a founding member of the Puerto Rico Anemia Commission.
Early years
Ashford was born in Washington, D.C., on September 18, 1873,[2][3] as one of five children in the family of Francis Ashford, a prominent physician, and his wife.
His general education was obtained at the public schools and at Columbian Univers