C. A. L. Reed
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| Born | 1856 |
| Known for | President of the American Medical Association, 1901-1902 |
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| Profession | Medical doctor |
Charles A. L. Reed (1856-1928) was an American medical doctor. He served as president of the American Medical Association from 1901 to 1902.[1]
History
[edit]Charles Alfred L. Reed was born in Wolf Lake, Indiana, in 1856, the second son of Dr. Richard Cumming Stockton Reed and Nancy (Clark) Reed.[1][2] He was educated in the schools of Ohio and held a Master of Arts from Miami University, Oxford.[2] His medical education was received in the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, in which institution his father held the professorship of materia medica and therapeutics.[1] Following graduation, he also studied in London and Paris.[2] He practiced medicine in Cincinnati, specializing in surgery.[2] He also practiced gynecology at several Cincinnati hospitals.[2]
He was President of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association in 1892 and the Secretary-General of the first Pan-American Medical Congress in 1893.[2][3] He later served as chairman of a committee on medical legislation within the AMA, circa 1905–1909.[4] He was also a lecturer and promoter of public health initiatives and professor emeritus of the medical faculty at the University of Cincinnati.[5]
Reed was a prolific author of monographs and journal articles.[2]
He was an opponent of Prohibition.[6][7]
He was married to the former Irene E. Dougherty. The couple had two children.[2]
He died of a heart attack on August 28, 1928, at the age of 72.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Various (1900). "President-Elect C. A. L. Reed, A.m., M.D." JAMA. XXXIV (24): 1569–1570. doi:10.1001/jama.1900.02460240061020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
This article quotes public domain text from the USA, published in 1900.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting. Mississippi Valley Medical Association. 1908. pp. xii.
- ^ "S. Ex. Doc. 53-36 - Transactions of the First Pan-American Medical Congress : : held in the City of Washington, D.C., U.S.A., September 5, 6, 7, and 8, A.D. 1893, Part I". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 15.
- ^ FISHBEIN, M.D., MORRIS (1947). "History of the American Medical Association". JAMA. 133 (10): 681–691. doi:10.1001/jama.1947.62880100001006. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ^ Various (1920). "Doctor C. A. L. Reed Lauds League". Cal State J Med. 18 (4): 115. PMC 1594142. PMID 18738143.
- ^ a b "DR. C.A.L. REED DIES, HEART VICTIM AT 72; Former Head of the American Medical Association Was a Prolific Writer. BITTER FOE OF PROHIBITION Attacked Dry Law on Grounds of Health and Liberty--Proposed a 'Religion of Science.' Helped Form Medical College. Controversy on Science Religion". The New York Times. 1928-08-29. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ^ "Prohibition : is it good for us?". Popular Science Monthly. 112: 9–11, 146. January 1928.
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