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FOSTER, Wallace

FOSTER, Wallace

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Steve Rhodes · originally posted to Flickr as David Foster Wallace · CC BY 2.0

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1890 CE

#7229

The deaf soldier: A brief synopsis of one hundred and two cases of deafness. Prepared for the consideration of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States.

FOSTER, Wallace
FOSTER, Wallace

One of the earliest accounts of the recognition of loss of hearing due to firearms and explosions during war. Foster, secretary and treasurer of the Silent Army of Deaf Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, presented 100 cas…