Bio of WOOD, Dr. Douglas Fox (b.1874), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol III, pg 246-249
DOUGLAS FOX WOOD, M. D.
Following the trend of the times, which is toward specialization in all fields
of professional activity, Dr. Douglas F. Wood is concentrating his attention
upon diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, in the treatment of which he has
been very successful, and during the period of his residence in Minneapolis he
has built up a large practice. He was born in Faribault, Minnesota, December 10,
1874, and his parents, Dr. George Weston and Ella M. (Fox) Wood, were natives of
Coaticook, situated in the province of Quebec, Canada. The family was originally
founded in England and was estab­lished in this country in 1630. Many of its
representatives have been surgeons, while others have gained prominence in
military affairs, serving as officers in the Revolu­tionary war. The father was
also identified with the medical profession, receiving his training at McGill
University of Montreal, Canada, and in 1872 he came to Minnesota, locating at
Faribault, where he successfully engaged in practice until his death, which
occurred in 1896. Mrs. Wood survived him for many years, passing away in 1914.
Douglas Fox Wood attended the Shattuck Military Academy at Faribault,
Minne­sota, and afterward entered the medical department of McGill University,
from which he was graduated in 1900. The next year was spent as an interne at
the Montreal General Hospital and then opened an office at Hanska, Minnesota,
where he remained until 1908. Going abroad, he devoted some time to study at
Vienna, Austria, also taking postgraduate work at the Moorefield Hospital in
London, England, and on the 15th of September, 1909, he established his home in
Minneapolis, where he has since engaged in practice as an oculist and aurist. He
is connected with the medical staffs of the Swedish and Northwestern hospitals
and was appointed by Governor John A. Johnson a member of the state board of
medical examiners. Since 1911 he has been oculist for the State School for the
Blind and he also acts as oculist for the employes of the Omaha and the Chicago
& Great Western Railroad companies. He organized the sight-saving classes in the
public schools and also the public school eye clinic, which has proven of great
benefit, and during the World war he was in charge of Medical Advisory Board,
No. 17, of the eye, ear, nose and throat department. Earnest study has formed
the basis of his advancement and he has ever kept in close touch with the trend
of modern professional thought, research and investigation.
On the 31st of October, 1903, Dr. Wood was united in marriage to Miss Mary E.
Ricker of Wichita, Kansas, and they have a daughter, Marion E. They reside at
No. 4121 Linden Hills boulevard and Dr. Wood's offices are in the Donaldson
building. He is a Knights Templar Mason and has taken the thirty-second degree
in the Scottish Rite Consistory. He is also a Noble of Osman Temple of the
Mystic Shrine at St. Paul and is a past master of Lake Harriet Lodge, No. 277,
F. & A. M. Dr. Wood was formerly president of the Minneapolis Chapter, No. 1,
Sons of the American Revo­lution. Professionally he is identified with the
Hennepin County and Minnesota State Medical societies, the Minnesota Academy of
Ophthalmology, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American College of
Surgeons and the American Medical Asso­ciation, and he is also connected with
the Minneapolis Athletic Club. His humanitarian spirit has prompted him to put
forth earnest and effective efforts in behalf of his fellowmen and the consensus
of public opinion names him with the leading oculists and aurists of
Minneapolis.