Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-23
/ PROFESSION
or FORT WORTH.
In, popY OF MEN WHO
w rIlE HEAD OF THE
E,.,,sstoN IN Taia STATE.

of PhyaioiO-y ana Dis-
.tnd and Nervous System.
department. Fort worm
siu.
Il the profession of medicine.
KIN occupations, properly dis
"a 10 success. success IN one
~ iSess IN Il city means more
49, M others. Energy, ana
~, ass, has been character
Worth ever since she trst
" on Guy airs, and this
m been exercised more by
= !, 80 mat it has by medical
~ in the grand strides Tor
nv ,itv. the doctors have gone
~ front II not forged a little
the procession. Inc proies-
Whole, has stood well to-
,re perhaps, fewer "quacks'
.worth than other city OF the
,rhis ia because OF the high
IA honorable men of the
,rnlesslon here. The people
Il ynsd 10 a large degree to re-
that honesty in the practice OF
4, n prlme Importance, and
arneeka Is the wolf in Sleeps
! nsnce that bastard Of the
admirably called "quack"
fhliowing in Fort Worth, ana
,rssis for the most part short
ss,s arc more well posted and
tx in the medical profession
sry other town in the state.
fp;n brought about by the
ssrt Of rivalry that has long
itsiry engendered by u spirit
III OF excelsior ows Its exist
q m older members of the pro-
4 Ne. Such men as DIR. Beall
4 pur,s can never know the good
y accomplished, not only by
ADMINISTRATION to the sick,
A Molly through the dther ply
4 INA have located in Fort
Iani then found that only by
4 he highest round OF know
4rld they ever hope 10 compete
4 neall and Burts.
Van. while not the oldest man,
IN practlclng medicine in Fort
Nearly ever since her existence.
&ugh his devotion to and know
medicine, has done perhaps
In any other man to raise the
Ia 10 Its present high position,
fender the standing of Fort
4 physlclans higher than any
= the state.
Ills, too, has been here since the
ID a hamlet, in fact, was the
yur, and has ever been among
he doctors OF the city. Many
ally contemporaries Of these
4 crossed to the great beyond.
Aers have removed 10 other
TIE state.
4. Fields is young enough In MS
te claased with the younger
LD's, but has followed closely
son In Fort Worth since the
are a town. He might aptly
Elied by the well known phrase
10 The widow; Fair, fat and
though his age exceeds that
NJ. Borders. an East Texas
on, though having been In Fort
shor, time. already enjoys 9
aeilee.
/. Van Zandt 10 also one OF the
rs in Fort Worth, and has just
~ be proud of his record as a
u and honored physician
q ID old saying. "Physician, hea
4 and certainly the doctors Of
4 In our toWn have taken TINS
~ 10 their souls. or else theS
zei sick. for whoever heard OF q
arth physician dying.
a city has grown, OF course th'
Of doetors has increased pro
oattly. This increase has beer
nom the more populous towns
Y Texas. and has been composet
who had reached the highes
success I'm their own homes
| The FIRST Of these was DR.. w, a
whose ambition outgrowing IN
Bryan, prompted him TO re
the fourishing young city @
arth. Success perchod upon nv
and q few years later DR.. J.
rlson. one Of Sherman's leadini
~, left that beautiful city t.
ri ioin forces with DR.. Adams
iater on DR.. Bacon Saunders, o
removed here and entered IN
ttlnership with the above wv
p during the summer Of 1852
Il most eminent physician an
i o. Middle Texas decided ina
Il town offered too little oppoi
h for the qualification OF III
p. and hence Dr. A. c. Wake
leklale. his former home, an
/ lot with the profession In For
Entering Mt once into a CO
fshlp with DR.. T.. ]. Beall. !
|fhaps some six years ago tina
Rdsrson, getting tired of smok
I came to our city, and locatee
Z since enjoyed the bright TeNil
n as Wen as professional pros
N p. West. partner o. Or
'pn. Ii a student and associate q
rprated DR.. Hunter Mcclure Z
ppd Va, and is one Of the mos
whole-soulcd doctors in Fol
Or. West Is modest and say
not like for his name 10 appeh
~ print. but when saying s
1hes the other eye"
w r, Howard is another o.
q the Imported article ana
.eellent one he "a. too. His par
I. whitehead, "a one OF the SUI
young men Of the rapidly grow
s,,nnmeratlng the physicians
,,1Eth two things are particular
olf hrst the tendency Of men
partnerships, and second q
= oi pructicinS ihysloiaus WI
moved here from other town.
yer is a consequence Of the frs
Y reason that n man In aoii'
n y unwilling to give It up ev'
Y ,prompted by his ambition so
MS be can see better tint
nis most Of the doctors MOI
,ie have been able to do throul
's,lAauon az a partnership with
4 man aiready established.
q noupe bic fact t. a close o
'nAt with few exceptions mt
.~Ve located in our tow
this advantage ha'
.hat gaining a paying ollente
n very difficult matter. II
,ese communion. MS It were. tn
ii,Fofned the wits Of the ms
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