Worthington Hooker (March 3, 1806 – November 6, 1867) was an American physician, born in

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. Worthington Hooker School in

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is named after him. He graduated

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in 1825 and

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with a degree in Medicine in 1829. He practiced in

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until 1852. Afterwards, he was professor of the theory and practice of medicine at

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. He was vice president of the

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in 1864. His principal works are: * ''Physician and Patient'' (1849) * ''Homeopathy: An Examination of the Doctrines and Evidences'' (1852)
''Human physiology'' (1854)
* ''Rational Therapeutics'' (1857) * ''Child's Book of Nature'' 3 volumes (1857) Hooker's book ''Physician and Patient'' has been described as the most original United States contribution to medical ethics in the 19th century.

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