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President Hoover and his cabinet tossing a medicine ball over volleyball net. Known as Hoover Ball, this game was devised by Navy physician Cmdr. (late Vice Adm.) Joel Boone. Photograph courtesy of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum.
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery 7700 Arlington Blvd. Ste. 5113 Falls Church, VA 22042-5113 This is an official U.S. Navy website This is a Department of Defense (DoD) Internet computer system. General Navy Medical Inquiries (to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery): usn.ncr.bumedfchva.mbx.bumed-general-inquiries@health.mil