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Includes the applicant's letter of introduction, and the medical test with answers given by the applicant. Total of 6 pages, in ink. The letter of introduction reads: Brooklyn, L.[ong] I.[sland], Dec. 10th, 1861. To the Naval Examining Board. I am twenty four years and three months of age. Was born in Trenton in the state of N.J. and acquired my academic education in Trenton. I am a graduate of the N.Y. University Medical College. My preceptor was Dr. S.H. Brown. He resides at 150 West 52nd St., N.Y. City. I have studied medicine four years and have been in the charge of a drug store nearly six years and had a good opportunity of acquiring a knowledge of Pharmacy. I have attended the different Hospitals and Dispensary's and together with the college cliniques have had the same opportunities as other students of witnessing the practice of medicine and surgery. I have not studied Natural History nor have I any knowledge of foreign languages. Very Respectfully, Thos. S. Yard, 421 7th Ave., N.Y. Yard was asked 8 medical questions on his test. This lot includes the questions as well as his detailed answers. Some of the questions were: describe the surgical anatomy of parts concerned in femoral hernia, what are the compounds of carbon with oxygen and their respective properties, what are the principal emetics and their mode of action, how is the nervous system divided, give the diagnosis, pathology and treatment of Brights Disease of kidney, what is the treatment of wounds of the lungs, etc. Extremely interesting Civil War medical related documents!

Doctor Thomas S. Yard, was appointed Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Navy, Jan. 25, 1862, and served on the U.S.S. John P. Jackson.

The U.S.S. John P. Jackson, was a 750 ton side wheel ferry steamer built in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1860. The U.S. Navy purchased her in November 1861 for Civil War service. She was converted into a gunboat and commissioned in February 1862. Promptly sent to the Gulf, she took an active part in the capture of New Orleans, La. During the early part of the Vicksburg campaign, she was disabled by Confederate cannon fire and sent to New Orleans for repair. She remained active for the remainder of the war capturing several blockade runners, and participated in the bombardment of Fort Powell, at the western entrance of Mobile Bay, and in the battle of Mobile Bay. Decommissioned in Sept. 1865, at New Orleans, she was sold and returned to commercial employment until 1871.

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