This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...day afforded. He then taught school four winters. and at night taught singing school--all the family being excellent vocalists. At the age of twenty years he commenced reading medicine under Dr. John A. Knowlton at Garrettsville, Portage county, and in 1851 was graduated from the Cleveland Medical ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...day afforded. He then taught school four winters. and at night taught singing school--all the family being excellent vocalists. At the age of twenty years he commenced reading medicine under Dr. John A. Knowlton at Garrettsville, Portage county, and in 1851 was graduated from the Cleveland Medical college, which was then the medical department of the Western Reserve university. He at once entered upon his practice in Garrettsville, and there remained until 1857, when he removed to Kent, being now the oldest physician in the city. From 1857 until 1860 he was also engaged in the drug trade and met with much success both as a practitioner and as a pharmacist. In 1864-65 he was assistant surgeon in the Lincoln general hospital at Washington, D. C., but with that exception his practice has been confined to Kent and vicinity since t857, having been surgeon for several railroad companies for many years while pursuing his general practice. The doctor is a member of the Union Medical association of northeastern Ohio, and was its second president; the State Medical society and the Portage county Medical society, before all of which he has made many interesting ad dresses, and has, beside, contributed many valuable articles to the better class of medical journals of the day. In politics the doctor was originally a whig, and cast his first presidential vote for Zachary Taylor. He united with the republicans on the formation of that party, and his first public office was that of coroner of Portage county, and was acting in that capacity when the distressing railroad accident happened at Ravenna, July 3, 1891, through which twenty-three lives were lost--nineteen of the victims being burned beyond recognition. In 1884 he was elected a member of the Ohio...
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