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Bushrod Washington James, A.M., M.D. (1836–1903) was an American surgeon, homeopathist, writer, and philanthropist who lived in Philadelphia. He graduated from the in 1857. He served as the secretary of the and later as its president. He bequeathed US$55,000 as well as several properties in Philadelphia and Island Beach, New Jersey, to establish the , a free hospital for the treatment of diseases of the eyes, throat, and lungs. He also provided three houses, books, jewels, relics, and a US$40,000 endowment to establish a library for children and the elderly, which eventually became the Bushrod branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia. He donated land to the city of Oakland, California, for the establishment of Bushrod Park, and several plots of land to the city of Coronado, California,

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  • Bushrod Washington James, A.M., M.D. (1836–1903) was an American surgeon, homeopathist, writer, and philanthropist who lived in Philadelphia. He graduated from the in 1857. He served as the secretary of the and later as its president. He bequeathed US$55,000 as well as several properties in Philadelphia and Island Beach, New Jersey, to establish the , a free hospital for the treatment of diseases of the eyes, throat, and lungs. He also provided three houses, books, jewels, relics, and a US$40,000 endowment to establish a library for children and the elderly, which eventually became the Bushrod branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia. He donated land to the city of Oakland, California, for the establishment of Bushrod Park, and several plots of land to the city of Coronado, California, (en)
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  • Bushrod Washington James, A.M., M.D. (1836–1903) was an American surgeon, homeopathist, writer, and philanthropist who lived in Philadelphia. He graduated from the in 1857. He served as the secretary of the and later as its president. He bequeathed US$55,000 as well as several properties in Philadelphia and Island Beach, New Jersey, to establish the , a free hospital for the treatment of diseases of the eyes, throat, and lungs. He also provided three houses, books, jewels, relics, and a US$40,000 endowment to establish a library for children and the elderly, which eventually became the Bushrod branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia. He donated land to the city of Oakland, California, for the establishment of Bushrod Park, and several plots of land to the city of Coronado, California, for the establishment of the . He had also donated a house to the American Temperance University in Harriman, Tennessee, which became that institution's "Bushrod W. James Hall of Domestic Science for Young Ladies."He is interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Westlawn Section, Lot 284, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. (en)
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