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then for a time he was connected with a commission house in 
Louisville, Ky. He next entered Transylvania College and 
applied himself to medicine and began to practice in Madison, 
Ind., in 1835. In 1836 he graduated in medicine. In 1840 he 
was Professor of Surgery in Madison Medical Institute. In 1843 
he was appointed Professor in the Medical Department of St. 
Louis University, which position he held until 1847. From 1847 
to 1851 he was Assistant Geologist with D. D. Owen on the 
Geological Survey of Wisconsin, lowa and Minnesota; his work 
being chiefly near Lake Superior. From 1851 to 1858 Dr. Nor- 
wood was State Geologist of Illinois, and from 1858 to 1860 
Assistant Geologist of Missouri. From 1860 to 1880 he was 
Professor in the University of Missouri. He held the chairs of 
Geology and Chemistry, also of Natural Science including 
Physics, Anatomy and Physiology, and for several years was 
Dean of the Medical College of the University. On account of 
ill health his active work with the University ceased in 1880. 
Since then his name has remained on the Catalogue as Emeritus 
Professor of Physics. Part of the time between 1861 and 1865 
the regular University exercises were suspended and the Univer- 
sity building was occupied by U. 8S. troops, but Dr. Norwood 
came to the building regularly and remained all day faithfully 
watching over the University property. 
For over 12 months previous to his death he suffered at times 
very much. But to the last his mind was clear and bright. He 
was devoted to his family, faithful to his friends, fearless in his 
views and yet was never known to speak unjustly of any one. 
His mind was strong, he possessed a gentle grace and a dignity 
that made all who knew him love and respect him. His scholar- 
ship was broad, he was accomplished in Natural Science and a 
thorough instructor and universally loved by his pupils. 
In 1847 Dr. Norwood described and figured the Macropeta- 
licthys rapheidolabis obtained by him from the Devonian of 
Indiana,—the first fossil fish described from the United States. 
In 1847 Dr. Norwood with D. D. Owen published a pamphlet on 
the geology of Central Kentucky with figures of thirteen car- 
boniferous fossils. In 1852 the Geol. Rep. of Wisconsin, Lowa, 
and Minnesota was published, a large quarto and included Dr. 
N.’s report of over 200 pages. In 1854 a Monograph of Productus, 
Chonetes and other fossils by Norwood and Pratten was pub- 
lished by the Academy of Sciences of Philadelphia. It included 
descriptions and figures of over thirty species of fossils. Before 
the close of Norwood’s term as State Geologist of Illinois he had 
material on hand and about ready to print of 1000 or 1200 pages . 
and the committee appointed by the legislature recommended 
its publication-and also further appropriations. The committee 
reported Feb. 10, 1857. The committee further report a very 
large collection made by Norwood. 
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