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prof, railroad and mech. eng, 18-, in charge, 

 eng. exp. sta, 20- A.A; Mech. Eng; Eng. 

 Educ; Refrig. Eng; E. R. Eng; Eng. Soc. of 

 Pa. Transmission of heat in building and in- 

 sulating materials; locomotive operation; hy- 

 draulic rams: properties of cold-drawn steel; 

 acceleration of trains; engine heat losses; lubri- 

 cation; specific heat of anhydrous liquid am- 

 monia; properties of coals of Pennsylvania. 



Wood, Prof. Casey A(lbert), 7 W. Madison St, 

 Chicago, 111. Ophthalmology. Wellington, Ont, 

 Nov. 21, 56. CM, M.D, Bishop's Col. (Can), 

 77, hon. D.C.L, 98 ; M.D, CM, McGill, 05 ; Ber- 

 lin, Vienna, Paris and London, two years. Prof, 

 chem, Bishop's Col, (Can). 78-84; clin. ophthal, 

 Illinois, 99-06, emer. prof, ophthal; head prof, 

 ophthal, Northwestern, 06-08; col. M.R.C. 

 A.A; Am. Acad. Ophthal. (pres) ; Am. Acad. 

 Med. (pres); assoc. mem. Ornith. Union; fel. 

 London Zool. Soc. Anatomy and physiology 

 of the visual apparatus; anatomy and physiol- 

 ogy of the eyes of birds. 



Wood, Dr. Edward J(enner), 201 CTiestnut St, 

 Wilmington, N. C Medicine. Wilmington, 

 July 12, 78. B.S, North Carolina, 99; M.D. 

 Pennsylvania, 02; diploma in trop. med; Royal 

 Col. Physicians and Surg, 20. Asst. clin. med. 

 Guy's Hosp, London, 19-20. Am. Physicians; 

 Soc. Trop. Med; fel. Royal Soc. Trop. Med. and 

 Hygiene. Tropical medicine; pellagra; sprue; 

 malaria; nervous diseases. 



Wood, Dr. Elvira, 8 Chamberlain Terrace, Walt- 

 ham, Mass. Paleontology. West Gouldsbor- 

 ough, Maine. Mass. Inst. Tech; A.M. Columbia, 

 08, Ph.D, 10. Instr. paleont, Mass. Inst. Tech, 

 99-03; asst. geol, V. S. Geol. Surv, 03-07; cu- 

 rator paleont, Columbia, 10-11; asst. curator, 

 museum comp. zool, Harvard, 11-1-4. Paleon- 

 tology of Lancaster, N. Y; Crinoidea; phy- 

 logeny of Gastropoda. 



Wood, Dr. F(rancis) C(arter), 853 Seventh Ave, 

 New York, N. Y. Pathology. Columbus, Ohio, 

 Dec. 30, 69. B.S, Ohio State, 91 : M.D, Colum- 

 bia, 94; Berlin and Vienna, 96. Asst. clin. 

 path, Columhia, 96-98, instr. 98-04, adj. prof, 

 04-06, prof, 06- Director, Crocker Cancer Re- 

 search Fund, 12- Intern, St. Luke's Hosp, 94- 

 96; pathologist, 97-, director of laboratories, 10- 

 A.A; Am. Physicians; Soc. Exp. Biol; Ass. 

 Cancer Research; Ass. Path, and Bact; N. Y. 

 Path. Soc. (sec'y, 01-08, ed, *Proc,' 02-09, 

 treas, 11) ; Harvey Soc. (sec'y, 08-10). Pathol- 

 ogy of endothelial tumors; blood regeneration 

 after poisoning; precipitines produced by im- 

 munizing animals; effect of physical agents on 

 bacteria; experimental cancer. 



Wood, Harry O(scar), Cosmos Club, Washington, 

 D. C Seiwinlogy. Gardiner, Maine, July 28, 

 79. A.B, Harvard, 02, A.M, 04. Asst. miner, 

 and petrog. Harvard, 02-04; instr. miner, and 

 geol, California, 04-12; research assoc. seismol, 

 Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Mass. Inst. 

 Tech, 12-17; acting and asst. sec'y, Nat. Be- 

 search Council, 19-; sec'y, Am. Gectphys. Union, 

 19- Capt, E.R.C. and engineers. A.A; Sei.smol. 

 Soc. (third v. pres, 17-). Crystallography; 

 seismic geology; vulcanology; general physical 

 geology. 



Wood, Prof. Harry P(eterman), 471 Van Buren 



St, Milwaukee, Wis. Electrical engineering. 

 Muney, Pa, July 18, 78. B.S.(E.E), Pa. State, 

 99, E.E, 03. Engineer. J. G. White and Co. and 

 N. Y. Edison Co, 99-02; asst. prof. elec. eng, 

 Pa. State, 02-06; Illinois, 06-07; prof, Ga. 

 Tech, 07-17; exten. di%, Wisconsin, 17- Elec. 

 Eng. 

 Wood, Dr. Horatio C(harles), Jr, University of 

 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Pharmacology. 

 Philadelphia, Feb. 26, 74. Pennsylvania, 90-92, 

 M.D, 96; Bern, 97-98. Demonstrator pharma- 

 codjTiamics, Pennsylvania, 98-07, assoc. prof. 

 Pharmacol, 07-10; prof, pharmacol. and thera- 

 peut, Medico-Chirurg. Col. Phila, 10-17; Penn- 

 sylvania, 17- Mem. revision committee, U. S. 

 Pharmacopoeia, 10- A.A; Soc. Pharmacol; 

 Therapeut. Soc; Pharmaceut. Ass; Am. Med. 

 Ass. (chairman, sect, pharmacol) ; Phila. Col. 

 Physicians. Origin of the Traube waves; phys- 

 iology of the pulmonary circulation; pharmacol- 

 ogy of ether and chloroform, lecithin, ergot, 

 apocynum, cannabinum, veratrum, aspidosperm; 

 rheumatic fever; caffein; digitalis. 



Wood, Norman A(sa), University of Michigan, 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. Ornithology. Ann Arbor, 

 Aug. 19, 57. High sch. Taxidermist, museum 

 sool, Michigan, 95-11, curator of birds, 11- 

 Mem. numerous Univ. of Mich. Museum ornith. 

 expeditions to various parts of Mich. Mem, 

 Ornith. Union; Cooper Ornith. Club. Birds and 

 mammals of Michigan. 



Wood, Prof. R(obert) W(illiams), Johns Hopkins 

 University. Baltimore. Md. ^'Experimental 

 physics. Concord, Mass, Mav 2, 68. A.B, Har- 

 vard, 91; Hopkins, 91-92; Chicago, 92-94; Ber- 

 lin, 94-96; LL.D, Clark, 09; Birmingham, 13. 

 Instr. physics, Wisconsin, 97-98, asst. prof, 98- 

 00; prof. exp. physics, HopTcins, 01- Thomas 

 Young lecturer. London Optical Soc, 10; Ernest 

 Kempton Adams research fellow, Columbia, 12; 

 Guthrie lecturer. London, 14; major, Sig. O.R.C, 

 A.E.F. Rumford medal. Am. Acad, 09; gold 

 medal in physics, Soc. Ital. della Sci, Rome. 18; 

 medals from London Soc. Arts, Franklin Inst, 

 etc. Nat. Acad; Physical Soc; Am. Acad; for. 

 mem. Royal Soc ; cor. mem. British Ass ; hon. 

 mem. Royal Micros. Soc; London Optical Soc; 

 cor. mem. Gottingen Konigl. Gesell. Physical 

 optics. 



Wood, Dr. Euth G(oulding), Crescent St, North- 

 ampton, Mass. Mathematics. Pa\\-tucket. R. I. 

 Jan. 29. 7.5. B.L, Smith. 98; fellow. Yale, 00-01, 

 Ph.D, 01; Gottingen, 08-09. Instr. math, Mt. 

 Holyoke. 01-02; Smith, 02-09. ns'^nc. prof. 09- 

 14, prof, 14- Math. Soc. Non-Euclidean ge- 

 ometry. 



Wood, Dr. Thomas D(eiiison), Columbia Univer- 

 sity, New York, N. Y. Physical education. 

 Sycamore, 111, Aug. 2, 65. A.B, Oberlin, 88, 

 A.M, 91; M.D, Columbia, 91. Prof, hygiene 

 and org. training, Stanford, 91-01 ; physical 

 educ, Teachers Col, Columbia, 01- Mem. Int. 

 Commission Physical Educ, 10. A.A; Physical 

 Educ. Ass ; Am. Med. Ass ; Nat. Council Educ. 

 (chairman, committee on health problems in 

 educ). School hygiene. 



Wood. Prof. William P(latt), 1340 Wilmot St, 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. Metallurgy. Ypsilanti, 



