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machines, writing the first textbook about X-rays in
America in 1899. Borden was promoted to the rank of major brigade surgeon in 1898; he would reach major surgeon in 1908. In 1901 Borden lectured at the Columbian Medical College of George Washington University. Borden was also an early advocate of
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As he watched the center's construction, Borden hoped to become commanding officer. However, Borden was overdue for a transfer from his position in
Washington—at the time, the Army had assigned him to a different detail every four years—and other army officers feared that his familiarity with
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In May 1909 Borden was named dean of the School of
Medicine and surgeon in chief of the hospital at George Washington University. He was awarded an honorary doctor of science degree from that institution in 1931, the same year that he retired. During
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According to the medical center website, Borden "was the initiator, planner and effective mover for the creation, location, and first congressional support of the medical center." For this reason, it is still referred to today as "Borden's dream."
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By 1902, Borden was convinced that
Washington needed a new, bigger, hospital. The one he had operated since 1898 was overcrowded and in poor condition. He also considered medical instruction facilities "poor". When Borden's friend
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died in Borden's care in 1902, Borden began to advocate heavily for the establishment of an army general hospital named after Reed. He envisioned that this center would be a combination of the
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and additional medical facilities. When
Congress finally appropriated funds for it in 1905, it was described as "primarily as a result" of his work. The hospital eventually became the
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Surgeon General. In April 1907, a year before Walter Reed opened, Borden was transferred to run a hospital in the Philippines. In 1995,
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Borden published the papers "An
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as a lieutenant and assistant surgeon in 1883. He married Jennie E. Adams on
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wrote that he would have been the center's "ideal first commander". Described as "disheartened", Borden retired after having a coronary attack at the rank of
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