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Boyd, Linn J., M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.G. (Hon.), F.A.C.C., 1895-1981: Home

Portrait of Linn J. Boyd, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.G. (Hon.), F.A.C.C., 1895-1981

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Other documents of interest

Popular Science July 1927 vol 111 no 1 p 54
To learn new facts about certain drugs and poisons, Dr. Linn J. Boyd of Flower Hospital, N. Y., recently administered mild doses to fifty volunteers. (with photo)
Popular Science July 1929 vol. 115 no. 1 p. 60
Dr. Linn J. Boyd, professor of medicine at the New York Homeopathic Medical College, fed baptisia to a number of rabbits.

Brief Biographical Sketch

Birth: September 30, 1895 (Detroit, MI)
Death: October 4, 1981 (Bridgeport, CT)

NYMC History:

Emeritus Faculty, 1965.
Postgraduate Director, Division of Graduate Studies, 1958.
Director of Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital, 1937–1950.
Visiting Physician, Metropolitan Hospital and Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals.
Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, Pharmacology and Homeopathic Therapeutics, 1927-1965.

Additional Information:

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy [n.d.]
Assistant Professor in Homeopathic Medicine, University of Michigan, 1920-1926.
Naval Surgeon, U.S. Navy, 1918-1920.
Graduated, University of Michigan Homoeopathic Medical School, 1918.

Selected Biographical Articles

New York Times Obituary
October 6, 1981
University of Michigan Faculty History Project

Works by Linn J. Boyd

Heloderma: Notes upon its effects and the explanation of the action of the snake venoms.
Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, Volume 14, pp. 803-10.
Report on Drug Addiction.
Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine, 1955. 31(8): p. 592-607. (Boyd was on the Subcommittee on Drug Addiction that prepared this report.)
Link to RefShare Bibliography for Linn J. Boyd
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