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I am personally acquainted with Dr. Stone, the writer of the within paper, and believe him to be a skilful physician, altogether capable of forming a correct opinion on the subject he within has spoken upon. I think it probable the disinfectant would be valuable in our hospitals and camps; and, with the consent of the Surgeon General, I should be glad for Dr. Kidwell to be allowed to introduce it. A. LINCOLN.
[1] Hertz, II, 868. Dr. Robert K. Stone was the family physician of the Lincolns in Washington. On April 18, 1862, William A. Hammond had been nominated surgeon general with rank of brigadier general and was confirmed by the Senate on April 25. Dr. Kidwell has not been identified, and the specific nature of Dr. Stone's recommendation has not been discovered.