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DR. GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS SCROGGS
SCROGGS, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, Physician and Surgeon, Los Angeles, California, was born in New Castle, Pa., the son of Dr. John Alexander Scroggs and Mary Jane (Thompson) Scroggs. He married Alexina C. Gatzmer (now deceased) at Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. Scroggs is a descendant of the old Scotch (Protestant) Irish stock. One of his ancestors was Sir William Scroggs, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of England. It was he who wrote many of the laws of England, some of which stand today and the doctor is in possession of one of his books published in the seventeenth century. Others members of the Scroggs family served in each of the three wars of the Crusaders; the Wars of the Roses, Revolutionary War, Mexican War, Civil War and Spanish-American War.
Dr. Scroggs received his primary education in schools of Galena, Illinois, finished his academic education in Ohio and then took up the study of medicine at Jefferson Medical College, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. Following the receipt of his degree, the doctor served as interne in several Philadelphia hospitals, then moved to East Liverpool, Ohio, where he practiced for some time. Later he moved to Beaver, Beaver County, Pa., where he was made physician for the County Home, also for Beaver College, and maintained private practice for some years, then went to Arizona as physician to a large mining camp.
Dr. Scroggs finally moved to Los Angeles in 1903, and there has become one of the widely known physicians and surgeons, his friends including all classes. He is Chief Examiner for the Pacific Athletic Club, a member of the Los Angeles County Medical Association, Medical Society of the State of California and the American Medical Association. His clubs are the Jonathan and Los Angeles Athletic Club.
Transcribed by Joyce Rugeroni.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 759,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Joyce
Rugeroni.
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