San Francisco County
Biographies
OTTO
H. HUND, M. D.
Otto H. Hund, M. D., whose office is at No. 716 Howard street,
residence at 1634 Golden Gate avenue, San Francisco, has been a resident of
California since 1881, and engaged in the practice of medicine since 1880. He was born in Homberg,
Hessen-Cassel, Germany, in 1857, receiving his early
education in the gymnasium of that city.
In 1871 he came to the United States and settled in New York, where he
commenced the study of pharmacy, graduating in 1877 at the College of Pharmacy
of the city of New York. He then
commenced the study of medicine under the preceptorship
of his uncle, Dr. John Friedrich, of that city.
In 1877 he entered the medical department of the University of New York,
at which he graduated in 1880, after a full course of three years, receiving
the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Dr. Hund at once entered into the practice of medicine as
assistant to his uncle, Dr. Friedrich, for one year, and visiting at the same
time the clinics of the hospitals. In
1881 he came to California, where he has since been engaged in San Francisco in
the active practice of his profession.
In 1887 he went to New York, and passed through a course at the
Post-Graduate School of Medicine, receiving the diploma of that institution.
Dr. Hund’s father was a clergyman of the Lutheran church, and
was also professor at the Seminary of Homberg. A number of the Doctor’s uncles and immediate
ancestors were members of the medical and other professions. The record of the family extends back to the
ninth century; the family up to the last generations having been prominent
land-owners in that part of Germany, and since then professional men. His uncle, Dr. Friedrich, of New York, under
whose care Dr. Hund and his brother were brought up
after the death of their father, is a well-known physician, having practiced in
New York for over thirty years.
Transcribed by Donna L. Becker.
Source: "The Bay of San
Francisco," Vol. 2, pages 90-91, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
© 2005 Donna L. Becker.