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WASHINGTON DODGE, M.D.
WASHINGTON
DODGE, M.D., whose office is at No. 1417 Van Ness avenue, San Francisco, was
born in Tuolumne county, California, in 1859, the son of Dr. Mark T. Dodge, who
was one of the early settlers in California, coming from New York State, and
was engaged in the practice of medicine until his death, which occurred in
1866, in Jamestown, Tuolumne county. Our subject comes from a family of
physicians, his grandfather, Dr. Jonathan Dodge, having practiced medicine in Connecticut
for over thirty years, and his uncle, Jonathan W. Dodge, practiced in Vermont
for many years. The family were among the early
Puritan settlers in New England, and Dr. Dodge is the
only living male representative of his branch.
The subject of this sketch received his
education in the public schools of Tuolumne county, and later graduated at the high
school of San Francisco
in 1877. He commenced the study of medicine while engaged in teaching, entering
the medical department of the University of California, in 1881, and graduated at that institution in 1884, with the
degree of Doctor of Medicine. While attending the university he taught a
class in the Washington Evening
Grammar School. Dr. Dodge served
one year as house physician of the city and county hospital
of San Francisco, after which he
engaged in private practice, which he has continued since that time. The Doctor
is now visiting physician to St. Luke’s Hospital, which position he has held
since 1888. He is also Professor of Therapeutics at the medical department of
the University of California.
He is a member of the State Medical Society of California, and of the County
Medical Society of San Francisco. Dr. Dodge is eminently a self-made man, his
father having died when he was six years old; he has since his early manhood
been thrown entirely on his own resources, and has built for himself a
creditable position in the medical profession.
Transcribed 11-15-05 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2, Page 274-275,
Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
©
2005 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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