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Show r l.-'l I.L AlH i Maj. Coupal New White House Physician SIaJ. James F. Coupal of the Medical Med-ical corns. United States army, Is the new White House physician. He succeeds suc-ceeds Brig. On. Charles E. Sawyer, who has resigned. Major Coupnl was summoned to the White House in the Illness of Calvin Cal-vin Coolldjje, Jr., the youngest son of the President, who passed away early in July, a victim of septic poisoning resulting from a blister on his foot. The new White House physician formerly was curator of the Army Medical museum at Washington. He Is an authority on bacteriology and pathology, and is president of the International In-ternational Association of Medical Museums. Mu-seums. Major Coupal comes from Massachusetts, Massa-chusetts, the home state of President Cooildge. He was born in Qulncy, Mass., in ISS-i and was graduated from Tufts college. He entered the Massachusetts Massa-chusetts National Guard In 1911 and 4?1 - 3j4lIV' remained in the regular army after the close of the World war. Brigadier Genera Sawyer was called to active duty as physician to President Presi-dent Harding on March 12, 1921, the same day he was appointed a brigadier general in the Medical Reserve corps of the army. General Sawyer handed in his resignation In order that lie might devote all his time to the Harding Memorial Me-morial project, he announced. |