Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-07-13
DR.. D. D. BISHOP.
appointment i'm Two of Chicago S
nedicaI Colleges.

Centralia will well remember Dennis
Bishop who SO quietly pursued his
avocation of druggist for many years in
the twin cities. Dennis was always a
spare man casting slim shadow, but
steadily and deliberately attending to
his own business. So assiduously did
he labor and so squarely did he deal
that he attained a position among the
citizens as an honorable and industrious
! fellow. Ten years ago we heard Dennis
called a quiet and skIllful druggist,
| to-day we are only too glad to know
| that Dennis is quiet and skillful
| physician. It is well that Wood County
should know what D. D. Bishop has
made Of himself, for what Bishop can
do others can initiate. Bishop had to
struggle for existence, he had not only
to support himself but his parents.
| Yet to-day he is honored by an election
in two of the best medical colleges of
| Chicago. He persisted in careful work,
he avoided wasting valuable time, be
laid out plans and definitely followed
| them. Dennis is the model type of a
| self-made man. To himself he owes
his present success. None will deny
that included in his living is honor,
industry, economy and perseverance
Four such possessions will make men
attain proud positions. Dennis gained
quick recognition among some of
Chicago's most able physicians. His
splendid knowledge of the microscope
made HIM well acquainted with well
known surgeons for whom he would do
professional work. The skillful execu-
ton of his work nearly always brought
him the admiration of the best men.
His careful judgment and keen discern
ment of natural facts soon brought him
into close relation with prominent
physicians, and thus through merit of
skillful labor his progress has been
rapid.
D. D. Bishop had the rare quality
of always appearing gentlemanly. His
quiet reserve gives ample time for the
announcement of mature thoughts. 1t
is with no small pride that we are able
to say that DR.. Dennis D. Bishop has
been appointed instructor in Rush
Medical College. In this college he
will teach the use of the microscope
and what one can observe by looking
into it. In short he will instruct the
young doctors of Rush in the details of
the fine and delicate structure of the
whole human body. . f111 at1 undergraduate
he performed the same duties for the
college previously and the Faculty did
not forget his valuable methods of
teaching. Rush college is the second
largest in the United States and its
positions are widely sought after, and
as Rush has plenty of timber from
which to select its teachers it may be
easily seen that merit alone will obtain.
Dennis has chosen for his specially in
medicine the subject of Diseases of the
Skin. He has had some of the best
opportunities in the world to become
proficient in this department as he was
associated with the celebrated DR..
Hyde for over year. The Woman's
medical college recognized lis accom-
plishments in skin diseases and his
efficient methods of teaching and
offered him the Associate chair of
diseases of the skin. 1t is rare indeed
that a man is so generally recognized
Immediately after graduation, as it is
the fortune of D. D., but his friends
will be none the less pleased. It would
be we'll for the young men and young
women to note what the last half dozen
years of hard work, of close economy,
and of integrity has wrought for this
Young man. 1t is but a few years since
he was working in the mills. He
planned and studied and became an
efficient pharmacist as Wood County
people will we'll remember Still
progressing he took up the study of
| medicine, and all who know him will
say that no one could study medicine
under more solid difficulties than he
did. Now he is an honored physician
sought after by able men, offered
positions in the best schools and
| counseled by leading doctors.
All this is the result of hard labor,
economy and recognized integrity
This letter is instigated for several
reasons. 1t is not merely because the
writer is proud of Dr. Bishop as a
worthy and promising student, nor is it
merely because it would be pleasing to
| his personal friends to note his present
success. But the success and progress
of Dennis may serve as model for
many young men and women. The
course and life of this boy shows that
in America man can be almost what
he will. The results of industry and
integrity conquer almost any field.
Liberty of thought and action are in
| diginous to this country and the boy
born in the log hut can become a
counsellor in the mental world. Bis
| hops remarkable progress teaches that
| time is valuable, that economy must be
practiced and that integrity and honor
are absolute essentials for progress and
esteem. Also that a distinct plan of
work must be laid out by anyone who
expects to become recognized in life.
Poverty is no bar to success but it has
ever been the stimulant to progress.
| Economy is requisite to success and
/ comfort. 1t allows uninterrupted