STEARNS, Charles Woodward, physician, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1818 ; died in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, 8 September, 1887. He was graduated at Yale in 1837, and took his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1840. After practising for some time he entered the army as a surgeon, subsequently travelled and studied in Europe, and at the opening of the civil war re-entered the service as surgeon of the 3d New York regiment. He was on service at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Suffolk, Virginia, Fortress Monroe, and in the field. Dr. Stearns was widely known as an enthusiastic Shakespeare-an student and writer. His principal works are "Shakespeare's Medical Knowledge" (New York, 1865) ; "The Shakespeare Treasury of Wisdom and Knowledge" (1869) ; and "Concordance of the Constitution of the United States" (1872).