tention to diet, and to guard against change of temperature and also by frequently losing blood when he found his lungs affected, he lived to an age which the greater part of mankind never reached."
But few articles from his pen can be discovered. He made a number of communications to the Philosophical Society and frequently read letters from physicians both in England and in some of the English Colonies. In 1779 he read a paper before the Society on the "Means of Pursuing Health and the Means of Preventing Diseases." Two years before his death he delivered the annual oration at the State House before the Philosophical Society, the title of which was "Rank and Dignity of Men in the Scale of Being." This was published subsequently in the form of a small book of thirty-four pages. The address is distinctly scholarly, but with the exception of a few references to the use of new instruments for the measurement of atmospheric pressure, temperature, etc., which he always considered of great importance, there is little reference to things medical.
In the "Medical Observations and Inquiries," vol. i, page 68, is found a short clinical article by Bond, entitled "A Worm and a Horrid One found in the Liver." This article details the symptoms of a case in his practice in Philadelphia which he supposed to be due to the presence of an intestinal worm found in the liver, with a good description of the autopsy and an engraving of the postmortem findings. A second article in vol. ii. of the Observations was on the "Use of Peruvian Bark in Scrofulous Cases." The most notable contribution that he made to literature is, however, his "Introductory Clinical Lectures."
The cause of Dr. Bond's death is unknown. While he was considered rather a delicate man, he was, however, able to continue in his medical work until within several weeks of his death. It seems probable, therefore, that he died of some acute disease, or one of the conditions common to the aged, on Friday, March 26, 1784. He was seventy-two years of age. He was buried on Sunday in the burial ground at Fifth and Arch Streets where his grave is marked by a low flat marble tablet.
Bond, Thomas Emerson (1782–1856)
Thomas Emerson Bond was born in Baltimore in 1782. He was a founder of the College (1807), resigning the next year, and moving to the country because of ill-health. In 1812 he was a surgeon of cavalry in Harford County, Maryland. Bond's title of M.D. was bestowed by an act of assembly of the Maryland legislature, at the same time that the degree was given to John Shaw and William Donaldson, the only instance of the sort on record (Cordell). He received the honorary degree of M.D. from the University of Maryland in 1819, and the degree of D.D.; he was a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
He practised medicine in Baltimore, and was professor in the Washington Medical College (1832–34); president of the Board of Health, Baltimore, and of the Board of Trustees, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1839.
In 1830–31 he edited The Itinerant and in 1840–52, edited The Christian Advocate and Journal (New York).
He was called "Defender of the Church," a title given because of his zeal and conspicuous ability.
He died in New York March 14, 1856.
Bond, Thomas Emerson (1813–1872)
Thomas Emerson Bond, son of Thomas Emerson Bond (1782–1856) (q.v.), was born in Harford County, Md., in November, 1813.
He received his earlier education at Baltimore College and was graduated M.D. from the University of Maryland in 1834, after which he practised in Baltimore. One of the founders of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1839, he was professor of special pathology and therapeutics from its opening until 1872, and dean, 1842–49; professor of materia medica and hygiene in Washington University, Baltimore, 1842–51.
In 1853 he retired from practice and removed to Harford County.
Bond was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church and was editor of the Baltimore Christian Advocate and The Episcopal Methodist (1841), and joint editor of Guardian of Health.
Among his writings are, "Treatise on Dental Science;" "Life of John Knox."
He died Aug. 19, 1872.
