In addition to his major interest in medicine, he also practiced surgery successfully. Conceiving the idea of establishing a hospital solely concerned with medicine and without the then usual concentration on care of the indigent, Bond enlisted the aid of Benjamin Franklin in raising funds.
After receiving a medical education in Paris, he entered practice in Philadelphia, Pa., about 1734.
The Pennsylvania Hospital was formally opened in 1752; and Bond served on its staff for the remainder of his life. In 1766 he inaugurated at the hospital the first course of lectures in clinical medicine in America.
