Barnabas Wood

[1] After briefly attending Albany Medical College in 1841, Wood began practicing dentistry in the company of his brother.

[2] In 1860, Wood announced the discovery of an alloy of bismuth, tin, lead, and cadmium, in proportions such that it had a very low melting point; James Dwight Dana subsequently proposed that it be named "Wood's Fusible Metal" in his honor.

[3] Wood remained in Tennessee until the American Civil War began in 1861, at which point his "sympathy with the North" led him to return to New York.

[2] In 1867, he earned a degree from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery.

[2] Wood also edited various periodicals, including The American Magazine and Repository of Useful Literature (1841–42),[1] Southern Journal of Medical and Physical Sciences (1853–?