Louis Livingston Seaman, FRGS (October 17, 1851 – January 31, 1932) was an American surgeon, born in Newburgh, New York. Biography After earning an undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1872, he graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1876 and from University Medical College, New York City in 1877. He became connected with several hospitals in New York City. Seaman made a tour around the world in 1886. During the Spanish–American War, he served as surgeon of the First Regiment, United States Volunteer Engineers, in time attaining the rank of major. During the Russo-Japanese War he remained for a time with the second Japanese army in Manchuria. He also personally met Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zuolin. At the outset of World War I in 1914 he offered his services to the Belgian army and reported as a Red Cross surgeon. He died at Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, New York on January 31, 1932. Works His writings include: Rules for the Government of the School for Nurses at Charity Hospital, Blackwell's Island (1881) The Social Waste of a Great City: A Paper Read Before the American Association for the Advancement of Science at Its Annual Meeting in Buffalo, August 20, 1886 (1886) The U.S. army ration and its adaptability for use in tropical climates: a paper read before the New York Academy of Medicine at its stated meeting, February 2, 1899 (1899) Observations in China and the Tropics on the Army Ration and the ... (1901) Native Troops for Our Colonial Possessions (1901) Why the Army Canteen Should be Restored (1903) Shall disease triumph in our army? (1904) Shall Disease Triumph in Our Army?: Extracts from a Volume Entitled, "From Tokio Through Manchuria with the Japanese" [and from "The Real Triumph of Japan"]. (1904) Daniel Claus' narrative of his relations with Sir William Johnson and experiences in the Lake George fight: Lake George Celebration Executive Committee report. Native troops in our colonial possessions (1904) Observations on the Medical Features of the Russo-Japanese War: Address of Maj. Louis L. Seaman Before the International Congress of Military Surgeons, October 12th, 1904 (1904) From Tokio through Manchuria with the Japanese (1905) From Tokio Through Manchuria with the Japanese, by Louis Livingston Seaman,... (1905) From Tokio through Manchuria with the Japanese (1905) Observations in the Russo-Japanese War (1905) A Portable Ration for Soldiers in Battle and on the March (1906) The Real