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Frost, Carlton Pennington, 1830-1896

 

Dates

  • Existence: 1830 - 1896

Biography

Carlton Pennington Frost was educated at Thetford Academy (Vermont) and Dartmouth College (1852), he commenced the study of medicine in 1853 and attended lectures at Dartmouth Medical College, Vermont Medical College, New York Medicinal College and Bowdoin Medical College. He received his MD from Dartmouth in 1856 and from New York in 1857.

Dr Carlton Frost was Surgeon, 15th Vermont Infantry, from 10/2/1862 to 5/3/63, and later Surgeon of the Board of Enrollment of Soldiers, 2nd Vermont Congressional District, until 6/15/1865.

In 1868 he was appointed assistant professor at the Dartmouth Medical College and professor in 1870. For many years Dr Frost was Dean of the Dartmouth Medical College as well as a one of the trustees of the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Carlton Pennington Frost report

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 865364
Mss 865364
Date(s): 1865-06-14
Scope and Contents

Ten-page report from Carlton Pennington Frost in Windsor, Vermont to Provost Marshall General James B. Fry in Washington, DC, of services rendered as surgeon general of the 15th Regimen of Vermont Volunteers as well as recruiting inspector in the Provost Marshall office, 2nd Congressional District of Vermont.

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