Los Angeles County
Biographies
OCLASCO CARLOS WELBOURN
WELBOURN, OCLASCO CARLOS,
Physician and Surgeon, Los Angeles, California, was born in Dark County, Ohio,
January 28, 1871, the son of Edward Lawrence Welbourn
and Martha (Jones) Welbourn. He is of English descent
and can trace back his ancestry to John of Welbourn,
who was born in 1389, near Lincoln, England.
He married Annie Lloyd, June 23, 1909, at Cincinnati,
Ohio. Mr. Welbourn is the daughter of John Uri
Lloyd, author of several popular and scientific literary productions, notably “Stringtown on the Pike,” and “Etidorpha.”
Dr. Welbourn went to the public
schools of Union City, Indiana, and afterwards attended Bethany College,
Bethany, West Virginia, receiving the Bachelor of Science degree. He next
studied at the Eclectic Medical College, at Cincinnati, Ohio, and there got his
degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1891.
He has been a student in the arts and in his profession
the greater part of his life, however, and did not stop with the completion of
his regular school and college courses. He was awarded the degree of Master of
Arts by his alma mater, Bethany, in the year 1907, for advanced scholarship
worthy of the honor. His medical studies were not complete until he had made a
trip to Europe and had worked with the great surgeons of London, Paris, Berlin
and Vienna.
Dr. Welbourn began practice in
Union City, Indiana, but the opportunities there did not satisfy him, so he
moved to Long Beach, California, in the year 1894, when that city was little
more than a promise. He was on the spot to get the full benefit of the ensuing
boom, and was compelled to work night and day for five years. In 1899 he
thought that he deserved a rest, and so he went abroad, to travel and study. He
was absent during a period of two years, and before he was through he had
encircled the world. He re-located in the city of Los Angeles in 1901, and made
a specialty of surgical gynecology, and he has practiced this specialty since.
Since taking up the practice of his profession in Los
Angeles, he has been chosen Professor of Gynecology at the California Eclectic
Medical College, and is an active lecturer. He founded, in the year 1904, the
Los Angeles Journal of Eclectic Medicine, and did its editorial writing and
contributed learned articles. In the year 1907 the journal was combined with
the California Medical Journal, of San Francisco, and the name of the
publication was changed to the California Eclectic Medical Journal. He still
holds the position of editor and chief contributor to the larger journal.
Dr. Welbourn founded the
Westlake Hospital, in the year 1907, and he is the president and executive head
of the institution at present. The hospital has grown
so rapidly that its present quarters are inadequate and plans have now been
drawn for a big concrete fireproof building. Dr. Welbourn’s
chief occupations at the present time, aside from his medical practice, which
is extensive, are: President of the Westlake Hospital, President of the
California Eclectic Medical College, and Editor of the California Eclectic
Medical Journal.
His activity has brought him into intimate and frequent
contact with his fellows, and he is a member of many professional societies.
He is ex-President of the Los Angeles County Eclectic
Society, ex-President of the Southern California Eclectic Medical Association,
ex-President of the California Eclectic Medical Society, and a member of the
National Eclectic Medical Society.
He is a Scottish Rite Mason, a Shriner,
and a member of the Jonathan Club, of Los Angeles.
Transcribed by Marie Hassard
16 October 2011.
Source: Press Reference
Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 710, International News Service,
New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Marie Hassard.
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