John P. Rand (1857-1923) was born in Francestown, New Hampshire, and died in Holden, Massachusetts. In 1883, he graduated from the New York Homeopathic Medical College. In 1885, he joined the American Institute of Homeopathy and practiced with his brother, Nehemiah W. Rand, in Monson, Massachusetts, until 1888. That winter, he studied at the New York Polyclinic and moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, to start his own practice. In 1889, he married Harriet M. Rand (b. Anderson), who later died in 1892. He was called back to Monson by the death of his brother in 1898 and remained there until 1905, when he returned to practicing in Worcester. In 1903, he started serving as a trustee of the Massachusetts State Sanatorium. His other credentials include president of the Massachusetts Surgical and Gynecological Society; president of the Worcester County Homeopathic Medical Society and the Homeopathic Medical Society of Western Massachusetts; vice president and orator of the Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society; and vice president and necrologist of the alumni association of the New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital. He married Lena M. Rand (b. Adams) in 1904 and around 1920, he moved to Holden. He was a life member of the Morning Star Masonic lodge of Worcester. Along with his older brother Nehemiah W. Rand, Rand wrote to the printing firm John Wilson and Son in 1886 to order a copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Based on the records available, we have found no further information concerning his involvement with Christian Science.

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