Theodore Charles Lyster was born at Ft. Larned, Kansas back in 1875 to William and Martha. He received his Ph.B. in 1897 and his M.D. in 1899 from the University of Michigan. In 1898 he enlisted in the army as a private and hospital steward. In 1900, he was commissioned as a surgeon.
He served as the Chief of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic at Ancon Hospital, Panama and Chief of the Eye Service at the University of Philippines, Manila. Just a month after the United States entered World War I he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. My March of 1918, he rose to brigadier general. He was instrumental in many fields. He was primarily responsible for standardizing and expediting physical examinations, organizing the Medical Research Board to name but two. He retired in 1919 at the permanent rank of colonel. He died in Los Angeles, California in 1933, he was 58.
What you may not know about Theodore is that he created the position and role of the “flight surgeon”. That position earned him the title of “Father of Aviation Medicine”.
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