Cleave’s
Biographical Cyclopædia of
Homœopathic Physicians and Surgeons
By Egbert Cleave
Presented by Sylvain Cazalet
AYWOOD,
EDWARD SMITH, M. D., of Lynn, Mass., is a son of the late Xenophon
Haywood, of Amsterdam, N. Y. He was born on the 3d of February, 1838, in
Troy, N. Y., in which city his father was for many years an eminent
teacher in the public schools. His father resigned in 1854, and removed
to Amsterdam, N. Y., to take charge of a newspaper. He entered the
printing office of his father, obtained a thorough knowledge of the art
of printing, and was associated with his father in the printing and
publishing business at Amsterdam until the year 1862, when the call for
“three hundred thousand more” rang through the land. He took
up his country’s standard, and assisted in rallying around it the 115th
Regiment New York Volunteers, and served upon its staff until he was
taken prisoner and released on parole. He returned to his home prostrate
from the effects of fever, and received from the field officers of his
regiment a flattering tribute to his faithfulness and valor.In December, 1862, he
married a daughter of Henry C. Pridham, M. D., of New York city.He had always felt
drawn toward the medical profession, and now the desire to enter it grew
so strong that he resolved to prepare for it, and directed his course
accordingly. He placed himself under the care of J. H. Scoon, M. D., of
Amsterdam, N. Y., and commenced the study of his chosen profession with
great earnestness. He attended a course of instruction at the Long
Island Hospital College, located at Brooklyn, N. Y., and became
favorably impressed with the principles of homœopathy, from its
brilliant practical results in the Brooklyn and New York Dispensaries ;
and the private practice of his homœopathic medical friends. He became
convinced that it was the most perfect science of medicine, attended the
lectures at the New York Homœopathic College, and graduated from that
institution. He removed to Lynn, Mass., in 1870, where he has secured a
very large practice. Brilliant prospects lie before him, and a wide
field of usefulness is opening to him.Source
: Cleave’s Biographical Cyclopædia of Homœopathic Physicians and
Surgeons By Egbert Cleave