The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-23
A. J. FULTON, NJ. ID.
One of Iola's Most Prominent Ply
sicians and Surgeons

AS u physician OF the regular school,
whose ekill is proverblsl in Allen and
adjacent counties, and who brings TO
his profession love for the work TO-
gether with seemingly ineXhaustible
energy, DR.. A. J. Fulton has, during
his practice of nearly quarter of u
century in lola, filed an important
place in its professional life. He
comes of good family which has dis
tinguished itself In the medical pro-
fession. His older brother, DR.. John
Fulton, NOW deceased) was n profess
sor In Trinity Medical College, at To-
has acquired a worldwide proml-
hence. He was rightly considered at
the head of his profession In surgery,
in Canada, and had taken degrees in
London, Edinburgh, Paris, IIeidel-
blrg, aud Berlin. Another brother
is Prof. A. l.. Fulton, NJ. d., now u
member of the faculty Of The Missouri
Medical College, in Kansas City.
DIR. A. j. Fulton, is Of Scotch Irish
descent, native of Ontario, Canada.
lie was born Nov. Is, 1919, on his
fathers farm, near Port STANLEY, and
grew to manhood amid the h'aIthtul
environments of u country life. Afttr
receiving the education obtainable in
the log -schoolhOuse which comprised
the scholastic advantages possessed
b. that section in those early days,
hetattended the London (Canada)
Commercial College, graduating in
1866, aud then began the study OF
medicine under the able guidance OF
his elder BROTHER. The practical in.
sight thus gained, was supplemented
by n course at Trinity Medical College
In Toronto I'd the jefferson Medical
College, in Philadelphia, from
which later institution he gradu.
ated in 1871. lie also attended
the Bellevue Hospital and other hos.
pitfalls in New York City, as IA. pre-
paratiol for his future life-work. 1t
was "a cherished desire to practice in
NuO Culltu FNdNtb l'dt udu ltl W III
studying in New York and Phia-
delpbis, aud he shortly aferward
came to Bourbon county, Kans., en-.
tering into n partnership with his
brother DIR. A. l.. Fulton, who bad
already established c)nsinerable
practice at UniohtOwn. Ia 1874 he
came to lola, aud has seen 1t grow
aud expand from mere village to a
busting little city. His practice
extends over both Al en- and Wood
son counties, and he II not un-
frequently called into consultations
so far away as Anderson and BOur.
bon counties. On May 8, 1880, he
was married To Miss Mary j. Pickell,
who was at that time oneOf lola'sHIgh
School teachers, and two children,
both boys, have since frightened
their home. For about eleven years
DIR. Fulton discharged the duties of
Pension Examiner. In 1870 he was
appointed alone, aud anerward dur.
ing the administrations of Presidents
Harrison and Cleveland he was one
of the three members OF the board,
acting first as President of the Board
and subsequently as Secretary. He
has been member of the city c1un-
Gil, his voice and vote always being
at the service of measures which
tended TO the uplifting of the city's
moral standard. AT present DR.
Fulton is the president Of Iola's eff
cient Board OF Education, He is the
official surgeon of the Missouri Pacific
railroad, In fraternal matters he is
high Mason, having having held