Los Angeles County
Biographies
MOORE, DR. MELVIN L., Physician and Surgeon, Los Angeles, California, was born at South Bend, Indiana, December 20, 1859. He is the son of Dr. Robert Melvin Moore and Maria (Asire) Moore. He married Elizabeth Holler, at South Bend, Indiana, in 1879. They have two children, Dr. Edward Clarence Moore and Lillian, now Mrs. Le Roy Edwards.
Dr. Moore’s male ancestors were all identified with the medical profession since about the time of the Declaration of Independence. His father was the first graduate physician in the State of Ohio and practiced in South Bend and vicinity for more than a score of years, being one of the most highly respected men in the community.
Dr. Melvin Moore is one of the most thorough men in the profession today. He received his early education in the public schools of South Bend, and upon the conclusion of this work entered Valparaiso University, at Valparaiso, Ind., where he finished his academic studies in 1878. Leaving his native state that year, he went to Rush Medical College, at Chicago, Ill., where he began the study of medicine. He spent three years there and was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1880.
Although he was a qualified physician, and could have started in practice at once, Dr. Moore decided that he would study further in order to better equip himself for his professional career. Accordingly he went to New York and entered Bellevue College. He spent two years there, applying himself principally to surgery, and in 1882, after two years in the institution, he was given another degree of medicine. After practicing a number of years, Dr. Moore went abroad to study the methods and hospitals of the Old World. He first went to Berlin, where he took post-graduate work under the tutelage of some of Germany’s greatest surgeons, and after a considerable period there went to Vienna to study under the great specialists of that city. He was highly regarded by his mentors there and was given numerous opportunities to improve his knowledge of the subject he desired to master.
Dr. Moore began practice at South Bend, Ind., where he followed in his father’s footsteps for five years. His health failed him, and in 1887 he left that state and moved to Los Angeles, California, where he has been identified in a professional and social way for over twenty-four years.
He returned to Indiana for a brief interval and then spent a winter in Central Florida. After that short period in the health resorts of Florida he moved permanently to Southern California.
He formed a partnership with Dr. F. T. Bicknell, of Los Angeles, and they were associated for sixteen years. Both partners earned lasting reputations.
Dr. Moore at an early period began the study of gynecology and obstetrics. His proficiency and ability in those subjects gave him an authoritative standing in that branch of the profession and in 1892 he was appointed professor of Obstetrics at the Medical College of the University of California, located at Berkeley. That professorship he has retained for nineteen years.
He is most highly respected in professional and social circles of California and has played a prominent part in the upbuilding of the medical profession of Southern California and the entire West.
Dr. Moore holds membership in the leading professional societies of the country, such as the American Medical Association, Los Angeles County Medical Society, District Medical Society of Southern California, Pathological Society of Los Angeles, and the Medical Society of the State of California.
He is an Elk and a member of both the University Club and the California Club of Los Angeles.
Transcribed 2-15-09
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 196,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2009 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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