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From A Biographical record of Fairfield County, Ohio, illustrated (1902), History of Fairfield County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1912)
GEORGE W. BOERSTLER, M. D.
The world instinctively pays deference to the man whose success has been worthily achieved, who has attained wealth by honorable business methods, acquired the highest reputation in his chosen calling by merit, and whose social prominence is not the less the result of an irreproachable life than of recognized natural gifts. Greater than in almost any line of work is the responsibility that rests upon the physician. The issues of life and death are in his hands. A false prescription, an miskilled operation may take from man that which he prizes above all else — life. The physician's power must be his own: not by ])purchase, by gift or by influence can he obtain it. He must commence at the very beginning, learn the very rudiments of medicine and surgery, continually add to his knowledge by close study and earnest application and gain reputation by merit. If he would gain the highest prominence it must come as the result of superior skill, knowledge'e and ability, and these qualifications are possessed in an eminent degree by Dr. Birstler. He has attained marked distinction as a representative of the medical profes>i()n in Lancaster.
A native of this state, he was born on the 24th of November, 1846, and is a son of Dr. George Washington Koerstler. whose sketch precedes this. In the public schools of Lancaster the Doctor acquired his elementary education and later attended the private school of Dr. John Williams. On putting aside his literary text books he began reading medicine in his father's office and was graduated in the medical department of Wooster College with the class of 1869. Wery desirous of attaining a high degree of proficiency in his chosen calling. he took a post graduate course in Xew York and then returned to Lancaster, opening an office and entering upon the practice which has steadily increased in volume and importance. He has kept in touch with the must advanced thought of the times through the perusal of the leading meilical works that have been written and through his membership in the Ohio State Medical Society and the American medical Association. wh€re the interchange of thought and knowledge constantly broadens the minds of those who attend the convocations.
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I'Vaternaby the Doctor is connected with Lancaster Lodge, Xo. 27, F. & A. M., and also with the chapter and commandery of this city. In his political affiliation, lie is a DeniLicrat, earnest and unfaltering in his advocacy of the principles of the party. For several years he was a member of the board of I'nited States pension exann'ners and for four years was a member of the board of trustees of the asylum at Athens. He is a gentleman of broad, culture, of genial disposition, and has a deep interest in his fellow men. "whatever tends to promote the interests of his profession and place before man the key to the mystery of that complex problem which we call life at once attracts the interest, and co-operation of Dr. Boerstler. Fie is an extremely busy and successful practiti'ner. He is a man of the highest and purest character, an industrious and ambitious student, and a gifted teacher of surgery. Genial in disposition, unolitrusive and unassuming, he is patient under adverse criticism, and in his expressions concerning brother practitioners is friendly and indulgent.
As printed in A Biographical record of Fairfield County, Ohio, illustrated (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
GEORGE W. BOERSTLER, M. D., who occupies a very prominent position in medical circles at Lancaster and throughout Fairfield Co., O., has been in active practice here for over forty years and his name is identified with medical progress and scientific achievement. He was born at Lancaster, O., November 24, 1846, and is a son of Dr. George W. and Elizabeth (Schur) Boerstler.
The father of Dr. Boerstler was also the son of a physician and for three generations the profession has been ably represented in this family. The late Dr. George W.
Boerstler was born in 1792, of German parents, was reared in Maryland and graduated in medicine at Baltimore; came to Lancaster, O., in 1833, where, after a life of usefulness in his profession, he died in 1871. He was twice married, first to Elizabeth Sinks of Ohio, who died in 1838, and secondly to Elizabeth Schur, who survived until 1900.
George W. Boerstler attended the Lancaster schools and also had private instruction and vei-y early developed tastes which led to his entering upon the study of medicine, his preceptor being his father, and from under this teaching he entered the medical department of Wooster University, Cleveland, where he was graduated in the class of 1869, supplementing this by a post-graduate course in New York. He then established himself at Lancaster and for two decades has been in the enjoyment of a substantial practice brought about by his professional skill. Unlike many other medical men, he has never permitted outside interests to district his attention from his profession, but has made it supreme. He is identified with the American Medical Association and with the state and county organizations and at various times has served on medical boards and in positions in which only a man of medical skill and experience could officiate. He served for some years as a member of the board of U. S. pension examiners and for four years was a member of the board of trustees of the Athens Asylum. On many subjects pertaining to both medicine and surgery he is considered an authority.
Dr. Boerstler was married in 1872 to Miss Sally Reber Camp, who was born at Sandusky, O., and died in 1886. She was a daughter of John G. Camp, of Sandusky, and a granddaughter of a Revolutionary hero.
To Dr. and Mrs. Boerstler one daughter was born to whom the name of her grandmother, Elizabeth, was given. She is the wife of an EngHsh gentleman, B. J. Swinnerton, and their home is in Staffordshire, Eng. Dr. Boerstler is a Democrat in his political views. Fraternally he is a Mason and is connected with the higher branches of the order.
As printed in History of Fairfield County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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