San Francisco County
Biographies
GEORGE
GERLACH, M. D.
George Gerlach, M. D, whose office is at No. 1,000 Webster street,
San Francisco, has been a resident of California since 1867, and engaged in the
practice of medicine since 1874. He was
born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, in 1846, the son of
George Gerlach, who was a director of the high school
of Alzey, Hesse-Darmstadt. This was a very ancient town, established by
the Romans during the invasion by Julius Caesar. The family have been
educators and professional men for generations.
George received
his early education in the public schools of Germany, graduating in the high
school of his native city in 1863. He
then commenced the study of medicine as a pharmacist, and graduated at the
College of Pharmacy in 1865. In that
year he came to the United States, settling in Philadelphia, where he engaged
in the drug business, and at the same time commenced the study of medicine,
under the preceptorship of Dr. Aitken
of that city, with whom he studied almost two years. Dr. Gerlach then
came to California and engaged in the drug business, and at the same time
entered the Medical College of the Pacific, now the Cooper Medical College,
where he graduated in 1874, receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He at once entered into private practice,
which he has since continued. He is a
member of the State Medical Society of California, and of the County Medical
Society of San Francisco.
Transcribed by Donna L. Becker.
Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2,
page 79, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
© 2005 Donna L. Becker.