Selection of correspondence to Dr. Thomas Wood, Wilmington physician and botanist, cofounder of the North Carolina Medical Journal, and the first secretary of the N.C. Board of Health.
Letters of 1877 to Dr. Thomas Fanning Wood of Wilmington, first secretary of the new State Board of Health. B. Rush Senseny writes about a joint book on vaccines, Dr. Benjamin Becker recalls vaccinating since 1817, and doctors answer plans for county medical societies under the board. Diphtheria and smallpox also come up, and Hillsborough is among the places the letters touch. 154 images.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Wood, Thomas Fanning, 1841-1892.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
