taken from: "The Physicians and Surgeons of the United States" by William Biddle Atkinson, March 1878

pg. 332 Francis LeJan Parker, Charleston, S.C., was born in Abbeville, S.C., Sept. 22d, 1836. He received his education in the S.C. State military acad., and pursued his medical studies in the med. coll. of the State of South Carolina, from which he graduated in March 1858, settling in Charleston. While his practice is general he has given attention more particularly to diseases of the eye and to surgery. He was appointed, in 1859, asst. demonstrator in the med. coll. above named, and demonstrator in 1866; also prof. of anat. in 1870 which position he still occupies. He is a member of the S.C. med. asso. and of the med. soc. of the same State. He has published a number of articles in the medical journals, some among them being....During the civil war he was asst. surg. in charge of Manchester hosp. Va., afterwards surg. of Hampden's legion and chief surg. of Fields division, Longstreet's corps of Confederate States army.

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