1860-1927. Army surgeon; at Fort Huachuca from 1885 to 1889.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 380.
Ariz Med. 1982 Sep;39(9):593-6. Leonard Wood, M.D. Some Arizona Territory influences.
J Am Med Assoc, Aug 1927; 89: 540: Leonard Wood; Governor General of the Philippine Islands, died at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, August 7, following an operation, aged 66. General Wood had been in poor health for some months, having undergone an operation for hernia in Manila recently; he was injured on board ship while en route to the United States and was suffering from a recurrence of a condition for which he was operated on many years ago. General Wood graduated from Harvard University Medical School in 1884, and served an internship at the Boston City Hospital. He practiced medicine in Boston and was appointed assistant surgeon in the medical corps of the army in 1886. While still serving as a medical officer in the Lawton Expedition against the Indians in 1886, he distinguished himself also as a line officer and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. He commanded the regiment of Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War, and for its achievement at San Juan and Las Guasimas was promoted to Brigadier General of U. S. Volunteers. After the war, General Wood was appointed military governor of the island of Cuba, where he achieved renown and greatly encouraged the special commission appointed to investigate the method of transmission of yellow fever. He was promoted to Major General of the Volunteers, was commissioned Brigadier General in the regular army in 1901 and Major General in 1903. He served in the Philippine Islands as governor of the Moro province from 1903 to 1906 and as commanding general of the Philippine Division until 1908, when he returned to the United States to command the Department of the East until appointed special ambassador to the Argentine Republic in 1910. General Wood was partly responsible for the creation of the general staff of the army and served as its first chief from 1910 to 1914. He then returned to command the Department of the East and later was assigned to command the Southeastern Department. Forseeing the trend of events in 1916, he originated the so-called Plattsburg plan of training reserve officers and during the World War trained the eighty-ninth division of the National Army, the tenth division of the regular army and various special regiments and battalions. He was in command of the central department with headquarters at Chicago from 1919 to 1921, then was made chairman of a special commission to the Philippine Islands and then governor general. General Wood was retired from active army service at his own request in 1921. He was a candidate of the Republican Party for President of the United States, was honored by universities in this country and abroad, was Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor of France, Grand Officer of the Rising Sun of Japan, and was similarly honored by other countries. His life was devoted to the service of his country.
James A. Tobey. THE PHYSICIAN WHO WAS NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT. JAMA, May 1960; 173: 296 - 297.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 380.
Ariz Med. 1982 Sep;39(9):593-6. Leonard Wood, M.D. Some Arizona Territory influences.
J Am Med Assoc, Aug 1927; 89: 540: Leonard Wood; Governor General of the Philippine Islands, died at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, August 7, following an operation, aged 66. General Wood had been in poor health for some months, having undergone an operation for hernia in Manila recently; he was injured on board ship while en route to the United States and was suffering from a recurrence of a condition for which he was operated on many years ago. General Wood graduated from Harvard University Medical School in 1884, and served an internship at the Boston City Hospital. He practiced medicine in Boston and was appointed assistant surgeon in the medical corps of the army in 1886. While still serving as a medical officer in the Lawton Expedition against the Indians in 1886, he distinguished himself also as a line officer and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. He commanded the regiment of Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War, and for its achievement at San Juan and Las Guasimas was promoted to Brigadier General of U. S. Volunteers. After the war, General Wood was appointed military governor of the island of Cuba, where he achieved renown and greatly encouraged the special commission appointed to investigate the method of transmission of yellow fever. He was promoted to Major General of the Volunteers, was commissioned Brigadier General in the regular army in 1901 and Major General in 1903. He served in the Philippine Islands as governor of the Moro province from 1903 to 1906 and as commanding general of the Philippine Division until 1908, when he returned to the United States to command the Department of the East until appointed special ambassador to the Argentine Republic in 1910. General Wood was partly responsible for the creation of the general staff of the army and served as its first chief from 1910 to 1914. He then returned to command the Department of the East and later was assigned to command the Southeastern Department. Forseeing the trend of events in 1916, he originated the so-called Plattsburg plan of training reserve officers and during the World War trained the eighty-ninth division of the National Army, the tenth division of the regular army and various special regiments and battalions. He was in command of the central department with headquarters at Chicago from 1919 to 1921, then was made chairman of a special commission to the Philippine Islands and then governor general. General Wood was retired from active army service at his own request in 1921. He was a candidate of the Republican Party for President of the United States, was honored by universities in this country and abroad, was Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor of France, Grand Officer of the Rising Sun of Japan, and was similarly honored by other countries. His life was devoted to the service of his country.
James A. Tobey. THE PHYSICIAN WHO WAS NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT. JAMA, May 1960; 173: 296 - 297.
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History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673]
volume 6, page(s) 545-557; volume 11, page(s) 225; volume 12, page(s) 148-149,192-193
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