title: Jean Woods
text: # Jean Woods
  
  Jean Joseph Emond Woods (1850 – 1928) was a Canadian physician and public servant.
  
  ## Early life
  
  The son of John Robert Woods and Zoé Desautels, Woods studied medicine at McGill University, graduating in 1875.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Woods married Corrine Bourgeois and moved into their new Aylmer, Quebec Main Street home office in 1883.
  
  ## Public office
  
  In 1885, Woods was named a public vaccinator and medical officer by the Aylmer Board of Health. In 1918, he became Quebec's inspector of prisons and asylums, so moved to Lachine.
  
  ## Death
  
  Woods died in Lachine in 1928.
  
  