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Francis A. Thomas
Francis A. Thomas (1826 – September 28, 1899) was a prominent physician and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician in New York City's 19th ward. Born in Lewis County, New York, Thomas graduated from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1853. In 1854, he was appointed as house physician for Roosevelt Island, Blackwell's Island, serving for one year. Thomas was a prominent Republican, helping to found the Sons of Freedom during the American Civil War, Civil War. The Sons of Freedom later merged into the Union League Club of New York, Union League Club. Elected in 1865, Thomas served as a New York City Council, councilman from the Seventh District from 1866 to 1867. In 1868, Thomas ran on the Republican ticket for the United States House of Representatives against Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Fernando Wood, losing in a close and bitterly contested election. He subsequently was made Police Surgeon, and held that office for ten years. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Physician
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. Physicians may focus their practice on certain disease categories, types of patients, and methods of treatment—known as specialities—or they may assume responsibility for the provision of continuing and comprehensive medical care to individuals, families, and communities—known as general practice. Medical practice properly requires both a detailed knowledge of the academic disciplines, such as anatomy and physiology, underlying diseases and their treatment—the ''science'' of medicine—and also a decent competence in its applied practice—the art or ''craft'' of medicine. Both the role of the physician and the meaning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
