Fielding Hudson Garrison

Fielding H Garrison
Head and shoulders, left profile; wearing uniform.
Born(1870-11-05)November 5, 1870
DiedApril 18, 1935(1935-04-18) (aged 64)
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Resting placeArlington National Cemetery
38°52′19.1″N 77°04′19.5″W / 38.871972°N 77.072083°W / 38.871972; -77.072083
EducationJohns Hopkins University
BA (1890)
Georgetown University
MD (1893)
Occupations
Years active1891–1935
Employers
Known forServing nearly 40 years at the Army Medical Library, helped to develop the Index Medicus from 1903 to 1927 which paved the way for MEDLINE
Five Johns Hopkins University staff: L to R, Standing: Fielding H. Garrison, John Rathbone Oliver, and Owsei Temkin; Seated: William Henry Welch and Henry E. Sigerist; Photo ca. 1932.

Colonel Fielding Hudson Garrison, MD (November 5, 1870 – April 18, 1935) was an acclaimed medical historian, bibliographer, and librarian of medicine. Garrison's An Introduction to the History of Medicine (1913) is a landmark text in this field.