James Rushmore Wood | |
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| Born | September 14, 1816 |
| Died | May 4, 1882 |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, Doctor |
James Rushmore Wood (September 14, 1816 – May 4, 1882), born in Mamaroneck, New York, was an American surgeon and one of the founders of Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York City. He retired from his university duties in 1868.
Descendants
- A grandson of the same name, wed to Katherine Lawrence Wickham, was a soldier during World War I.
- Dennis, Frederic Shephard (1884), A Memoir of James R. Wood, M.D., LL.D, New York: D. Appleton and Company, p. 31, OCLC 9521082
- Dennis, Frederic Shephard (January 12, 1884), "A Memoir of James R. Wood, M.D., LL.D", New York Medical Journal, Miller & Matthews, 50 (2), ISSN 0097-319X, OCLC 10557411
External links
- James Rushmore Wood at Find a Grave
- Portrait photograph from the Ehrman Medical Library Archives