William Wood (Scottish surgeon)

He was born at Horse Wynd on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh on 13 September 1782, the son of Andrew Wood.

He lived at 9 South Hanover Street and carried out his surgical practice from this address.

[2] In 1816 Wood was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and served as president in 1821.

[4] In 1822 he succeeded John Henry Wishart as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

In 1824 he elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Robert Graham.