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MARY M. MOODY, M. D.

MARY M. MOODY, M. D., whose office is at 944 Valencia street, San Francisco, was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1843. She is descended from the sturdy German stock, who settled in New York State about the year 1700. Her father was one of the pioneer settlers of Western Iowa, having come to that State in 1848, in which year the Doctor was born, where she was brought up on a frontier farm. Her father was interested in agriculture and the raising of fine stock up to the time of his death, in 1876. Dr. Moody received her early education in the public schools of Council Bluffs, later spending some time at the University of Iowa, at Iowa city. After the completion of her course of schooling, she engaged in teaching in the public schools, in which she continued about six years. Meanwhile she had read medicine more or less continuously, at one time studying steadily for about one year. In 1876 she came with her husband to California, where, in 1879, she entered the medical department of the University of California, graduating at that institution in 1882, after a full course of three years, and receiving her degree as Doctor of Medicine. She at once entered into private practice in San Francisco, where she has since built up a large patronage. Dr. Moody is a member of the State Medical Society of California, and of the County Medical Society of San Francisco. She is especially interested in the development of favorable hygienic conditions for humanity, and has made earnest study in that direction.

Transcribed by Donna L. Becker

Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2, page 677, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.

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