Louis Livingston Seaman M.D.1

M, b. 17 October 1851, d. 31 January 1932
FatherValentine Seaman II b. 30 Sep 1802, d. 29 Mar 1899
MotherAnna Amelia Ferris b. 3 Jul 1813, d. 14 Jun 1885
     Louis was born on Friday, 17 October 1851 at Newburgh, Orange County, New York. 16 June 1880, Louis was was listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Wards Island, New York. Enumerated in this household were Louis L. Seaman [27 New York]. He is a physician.2 Louis was a noted physician, surgeon and author. He practiced medicine in New York City since 1876. Between 1879 and 1881 he was superintendent of State Emigrant Insane Asylum and chief of Staff of the various hospitals and Training School for Nurses. He was a surgeon of the first regiment United States volunteer engineers in the Spanish-American War. As a result of his service, he received a promotion to the rank of Major. He was so recognized in his profession that the U. S. Government sent him to other countries to report on their care of wounded while in the field during military action. He wrote several books and gave addresses on his findings, the main thrust of which was that countries such as Japan and China were doing a much better and more efficient job of treating wounded soldiers in the field. This did not endear him to the military medical staff, but Louis prevailed and because of his findings, many reforms were put in place. He was the author of several books of which at least one is still in publication [May 2009]. The following are the titles of some of his works: " The Triumph of Japan," " Social Waste of a Great City," " From Tokio through Manchuria with the Japanese," " The Triumph of Scientific Medicine in Peace and War in Foreign Lands.” He also wrote “The Tse-Tse Fly and Sleeping Sickness,” 1908; “Fair Play for the Republic of China”, 1912; and gave an address at Clark University in Worcester, MA entitled “The Recognition of the Chinese Republic, 13 November 1912 at the Conference on Recent Developments of China.3,4,5,6 Louis married Mary Stuart circa 1908.7 21 April 1910, Louis and his wife, Mary, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in City, County & State of New York, at 247 5th Avenue. Enumerated in this household were Lewis L. Seaman [59 New York], his wife: Mary [49 Connecticut]. They had been married 2 years with no children. It was a second marriage for both. He is a consulting physician.8 Louis departed this life on Sunday, 31 January 1932 in Bronxville, Westchester County, New York.9

Family 1

Fanny Blackstone b. 31 Oct 1861, d. 21 Apr 1895

Family 2

Mary Stuart b. c 1861

Citations

  1. [S33] Note, The Recognition OF The Chinese Republic
    ADDRESS OF MAJOR LOUIS LIVINGSTON SEAMAN, M.D., A.B., LLB., F.R.G.S.

    President of the China Society of America, Author of
    " The Triumph of Japan," " Social Waste of a Great City,"
    " From Tokio through Manchuria with the Japanese,"
    " The Triumph of Scientific Medicine in Peace and War in Foreign Lands," etc., etc.
    DELIVERED AT THE CONFERENCE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINA
    HELD AT CLARK UNIVERSITY. WORCESTER
    NOVEMBER 13th, 1912

    Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century.
    Addenda
    page xcv
    SEAMAN, LOUIS LIVINGSTON, physician, surgeon, author, was born Oct. 17, 1851, in Newburg, N. Y. Since 1876 he practiced medicine in New York City. He was superintendent of State Emigrant Insane Asylum in 1879-81; and chief of staff of the various hospitals and the Training School for Nurses. He was major-surgeon of the first regiment, United States volunteer engineers, in Spanish-American war. He is the author of The Social Waste of a Great City.

    Dr. Louis Livingston Seaman [1851-1932] a very noted physician and surgeon was sent by our government to all the foreign bases and to their hospitals to take note of their manner of treatment to the sick and wounded. He made a report that several countries were way ahead of ours and was awfully condemned by our military surgeons, but they could not put him down and he has brought many reforms. He was a surgeon in the late war and in one of the battles that our boys were in he was the only surgeon to take care of them with hardly any medical supplies. He told me that many of the boys in the Cuban War [1898] could have been saved had they had rice.
  2. [S21] 1880 United States Federal Census, Wards Island, New York - Enumeration District 628, sheet 41, line 8]
  3. [S48] Army Officers Nominated, page 2 - Washington, June 13 - The President today sent to the Senate these nominations of officers of the Volunteer Army .. Surgeon, with rank of makor - Louis Livingston Seaman of New York ...
  4. [S49] The Life Mortimer Allen Leggett - written by him for the children of his nephew, the children of Ferris Randall Sr., Dr. Louis Livingston Seaman [1851-1932] a very noted physician and surgeon was sent by our government to all the foreign bases and to their hospitals to take note of their manner of treatment to the sick and wounded. He made a report that several countries were way ahead of ours and was awfully condemned by our military surgeons, but they could not put him down and he has brought many reforms. He was a surgeon in the late war and in one of the battles that our boys were in he was the only surgeon to take care of them with hardly any medical supplies. He told me that many of the boys in the Cuban War [1898] could have been saved had they had rice.
  5. [S50] M.D., A.B., LLB., F.R.G.S. ADDRESS OF MAJOR LOUIS LIVINGSTON SEAMAN, The Recognition OF The Chinese Republic


    , President of the China Society of America, Author of " The Triumph of Japan," " Social Waste of a Great City,"
    " From Tokio through Manchuria with the Japanese," " The Triumph of Scientific Medicine in Peace and War
    in Foreign Lands," etc., etc.
  6. [S51] Thomas William Herringshaw, Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century.
    Addenda
    Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century.
    Addenda
    National Library of American Biography    , page xcv - SEAMAN, LOUIS LIVINGSTON, physician, surgeon, author, was born Oct. 17, 1851, in Newburg, N. Y. Since 1876 he practiced medicine in New York City. He was superintendent of State Emigrant Insane Asylum in 1879-81; and chief of staff of the various hospitals and the Training School for Nurses. He was major-surgeon of the first regiment, United States volunteer engineers, in Spanish-American war. He is the author of The Social Waste of a Great City.
  7. [S43] 5th Avenue & 103rd Street The New York Academy of Medicine, Deaths of the Fellows of the Academy, page 105 - Louis Livingston Seaman M.D., Bronxville, N. Y.; graduated in medicine from Jefferson College, Philadelphia, Pa, in 1876; elected a Fellow of the Academy April 2, 1885; died January 31, 1932. Dr. Seaman was a Fellow of the American Medical Association, a member of the County and State Medical Societies and many other professional organizations. In 1909 Dr. Seaman delivered the Anniversary Discourse of the Academy, on the subject “Personal Observations of the Sleeping Sickness in Uganda, with illustrations of a Short Safari to the Source of the Nile.”

    Dr. Matthew Yates
    http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/crec-sea/siam/….
  8. [S26] 1910 United States Federal Census, the borough of Manhattan, city, county & state of New York - Enumeration District 988, sheet 10a, line 1.
  9. [S43] 5th Avenue & 103rd Street The New York Academy of Medicine, Deaths of the Fellows of the Academy, page 105 - Louis Livingston Seaman M.D., Bronxville, N. Y.; graduated in medicine from Jefferson College, Philadelphia, Pa, in 1876; elected a Fellow of the Academy April 2, 1885; died January 31, 1932. Dr. Seaman was a Fellow of the American Medical Association, a member of the County and State Medical Societies and many other professional organizations. In 1909 Dr. Seaman delivered the Anniversary Discourse of the Academy, on the subject “Personal Observations of the Sleeping Sickness in Uganda, with illustrations of a Short Safari to the Source of the Nile.”.