Worthington Hooker

Worthington Hooker (March 3, 1806 – November 6, 1867) was an American physician, born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Worthington Hooker School in New Haven, Connecticut is named after him.

He graduated Yale University in 1825 and Harvard University with a degree in Medicine in 1829. He practiced in Connecticut until 1852. Afterwards, he was professor of the theory and practice of medicine at Yale. He was vice president of the American Medical Association in 1864. His principal works are: * ''Physician and Patient'' (1849) * ''Homeopathy: An Examination of the Doctrines and Evidences'' (1852) * [http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/61320800R ''Human physiology'' (1854)] * ''Rational Therapeutics'' (1857) * ''Child's Book of Nature'' 3 volumes (1857) * ''Science for the School and Family'' 3 parts (1863)

Hooker's book ''Physician and Patient'' has been described as the most original United States contribution to medical ethics in the 19th century. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867
    Published 1869
    New York : Harper, 1869, [c1857]
    3 v. in 1 : ill. ; 18 cm.
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    by Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867
    Published 1871
    New York : Sheldon & Company, publishers, 1871, [c1854]
    xi, [12]-454, 2 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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    by Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867
    Published 1863
    New York : Sheldon and Co., 1863, [c1855]
    v, [3], [9]-191 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
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    by Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867
    Published 1880
    New York, Harper & Bros., 1880, [c1875]
    v. illus., diagrs. 20 cm.
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    by Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867
    Published 1862
    New York : Harper and Brothers, 1862.
    viii, 231 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
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    by Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867
    Published 1874
    New York, Sheldon, 1874.
    xiv, 376 p. ill.
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    by Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867
    Published 1884
    New York : Chicago, Sheldon & Company; [c1884]
    xiv, 401 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
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    by Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867
    Published 1875
    New York : Harper & Brothers, 1875-1878?
    3 v. : ill., diagr. ; 20 cm.
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    by Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867
    Published 1883
    New York : Harper & Brothers, 1883, c1857.
    3 v. : ill. ; 17 cm.
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    by Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867
    Published 1849
    New York : Baker and Scribner, 1849.
    2 pages leaves, [vii]-xxiv, [25]-453, [1] pages ; 19 cm.
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    by Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867
    Published 1849
    New York, Baker and Scribner, 1849.
    2 p. l., [vii]-xxiv, [25]-453, [1] p. 19 cm.
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    by Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867
    Published 1867
    New York : Harper & Bros., 1867, [c1863]
    434 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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    by Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867
    Published 1880
    New York : Harper & Brothers, 1880, [c1877]
    176 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
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    by Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867
    Published 1869
    New York : Harper & Brothers, 1869, [c1860]
    1 p. l., xi, [13]-382 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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    by Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867
    Published 1880
    New York : Sheldon & Co., 1880, [c1874]
    xiv, 376 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
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    by Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867
    Published 1880
    New York : Harper & Brothers, 1880, c1857.
    3 v. : ill. ; 17 cm.
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