Ophthalmologist, ornithologist, and bibliophile Casey A. Wood (1856-1942) was born in Wellington, Ontario, and was educated
at Ottawa Grammar School and Ottawa College Institute. He obtained an M.D. from University of Bishop’s College (1977) and
McGill University (ad eundem, 1906), eventually practicing ophthalmology in Chicago. After retiring in 1917, he traveled with
his wife to British Guiana, India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and the South Pacific.
Two scrapbooks containing correspondence and other materials relating to a hoard of silver coins (larins) found in Gampola
Ceylon (Sri Lanka) that came to be owned by Wood.