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Worthington Hooker
1806–1867
A 19th-century physician and teacher, he wrote clearly for both medical readers and families, and became especially known for bringing science and health topics within reach of young people.
3 Audiobooks
The Child's Book of Nature Three parts in one
by Worthington Hooker
Physician and patient : or, a practical view of the mutual duties, relations and interests of the medical profession and the community
by Worthington Hooker
Science for the School and Family, Part I. Natural Philosophy
by Worthington Hooker
About the author
Worthington Hooker was an American doctor, educator, and writer born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on March 3, 1806. He graduated from Yale in 1825 and earned his medical degree from Harvard in 1829, then practiced medicine in Connecticut before later serving as a professor of the theory and practice of medicine at Yale.
His career joined medicine, teaching, and public writing. He was active in medical education, served as a vice president of the American Medical Association in 1864, and wrote influential works including Physician and Patient (1849), Homeopathy: An Examination of the Doctrines and Evidences (1852), Rational Therapeutics (1857), and the popular Child's Book of Nature and Science for the School and Family series.
Remembered as both a physician and an educator, Hooker helped explain science in a straightforward way and argued for a more thoughtful, evidence-minded approach to medicine. He died on November 6, 1867.