Dudley Peter Allen, 63, professor of surgery at Western Reserve University, whose Wounds from Blank Cartridges (1903) resulted in the prohibition of the sale of blank cartridges in Cleveland, 6 January 1915.

David Alfred Amoss, 58, Rockefeller Institute physician noted for his work in organizing the tobacco growers of his Kentucky region into a tobacco trust, 3 November 1915.

William Henry Baker, 69, surgeon and professor of gynecology at Harvard Medical School who was known especially for his skill in plastic surgery and abdominal surgery, 26 November 1914.

Clara Barton, 82, founder of the American Red Cross, whose Civil War nursing earned her the name "Angel of the Battlefield" and set the standard for American nursing, 12 April 1912.

John Shaw Billings, 75, surgeon who served with the Army of the Potomac and was present at the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, 11 March 1913.

Elizabeth Blackwell, 89, the first woman to obtain a medical degree from an American medical school and a founder of...