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JAMES WATSON WOOD
WOOD, JAMES WATSON, Physician and Surgeon, Long
Beach, California, was born at Geneva, New York,
November 17, 1856. He married may
McDonald at Palestine, Texas, October 21, 1884, and has one son and
one daughter.
Dr. Wood
received his preliminary education in the schools of his native town and took
up the study of medicine at Rush Medical College,
of Chicago. He was graduated in 1883 with the degree of
Doctor of Medicine, and began his professional career at Palestine, Texas.
Remaining there for about a year, he
left, in 1884, for Junata, Neb., and was engaged in private practice at
that place until 1887, when he decided to go further West.
Locating at
Long Beach, California in the early part of 1887, Dr.
Wood has made his home there ever since and has been one of the active forces
in the upbuilding of the city. Three
years after his arrival there he was appointed Health Officer of Long Beach and
filled his position until 1898, formulating during that period sanitary and
health regulations which have been in force ever since and which have had the
effect of making Long Beach one of the most healthful and cleanly cities in the
United States. In 1898, following his
resignation from the post of Health Officer, Dr. Wood was elected a member of
the Long Beach City Council and in this capacity also was a great service to
the city, standing at all times for measures intended to advance the city’s
interests. His term expired in 1900, but
he has since served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Long Beach, his
tenure of this office covering the period from 1894 to 1906.
Dr. Wood
has been a prolific writer on surgical subjects for the medical press. He is a member of the Los Angeles County
Medical Association, Southern California Medical Society and the Medical
Society of the State of California.
Transcribed
By: Michele Y. Larsen on 18 November 2011.
Source: Press Reference
Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 859, International News Service,
New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Michele
Y. Larsen.
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