The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Chadwick, James Read

CHADWICK, James Read, American physician: b. Boston, Mass., 2 Nov. 1844; d. 1905. He graduated B.A. at Harvard 1865; M.D. 1871; and pursued further studies abroad. In 1873 he began practice in Boston, and became distinguished as a gynecologist. He was a founder of the American Gynecological Society, its secretary 1876-82, and president 1897. A strong advocate of cremation, he was president of the Massachusetts Cremation Society from 1894 till his death. He contributed many articles on his specialty to the &lsquo;Transactions&rsquo; of the American Gynecological Association, the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, the American Journal of Obstetrics, etc.