Sacramento County
Biographies
THOMAS H. DAVID
THOMAS H. DAVID.—A
prominent representative of a more and more popular method of modern medical
science is Dr. Thomas H. David, the chiropractor, of the Ochsner Building,
in Sacramento. He was born at
the foot of Mt. Hermon, near the city of Damascus,
Syria, November
29, 1884, the son of Habib and Salema
David, and he had the misfortune to lose his father when he was a
child. In 1901 he came to the United States
and settled in North Dakota.
Thomas
H. David attended the schools of Damascus, studying
Arabic, English and French, and then taught in that city in a private college;
and when he came to the United States
he resumed his studies in English. He had really come to study medicine,
intending to return to the old country; and he had to work, to support himself,
while studying. He also studied photography, and eventually took up
chiropractic. Then, for two years, he took
post-graduate work in Chicago, New York
and Davenport, Iowa,
receiving the chiropractic degree of doctor for courses in mechano-therapy,
pathology, etc.
Dr.
David has practiced in Minneapolis
and Williston, N. D., and while in the latter town, he was
president of the Williston Commercial Club. For twelve years he has
followed his professional work, profiting naturally by the wonderful strides
made through great leaders in the domain of chiropractic, which is coming to be
recognized as one of the most efficient and certain and also relatively rapid
ways of reaching and treating certain troubles. He has also conducted many
interesting experiments himself, and in a modest way has, through his own work
in Sacramento, advanced the
technique of the science. He has developed a painless treatment, which the
most delicate person can take without fear of suffering. He is very rapid
and efficiency is his guarantee.
Dr.
David is also interested in horticulture, and has an attractive vineyard of his
own, in the care of which he takes great interest. He is a Royal Arch
Mason; and he has served as Grand master of the Knights of Modern
Syria. In national political affairs he is a Republican, but he votes for
the man, rather than the party.
Transcribed 7-16-07
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 963. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Marilyn R. Pankey.