DR. ROBERT MACKINTOSH

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Dr. Robert Mackintosh, whose office is at No. 1208 Mission street, San Francisco, has been a resident of California since 1850, and has been engaged in the practice of medicine during that time. He was born in Valencienne, France, in 1816, while his father was stationed as surgeon of artillery of the British army, and occupied for three years after the battle of Waterloo a position in the fortresses at Edinburgh, in the military service, where his sons were educated. Dr. Mackintosh commenced the study of medicine under the preceptorship of his father, who had also an extensive private practice, and was also a prominent lecturer on medicine. He was the author of a popular work on the practice of medicine. Our subject entered the medical department of the Edinburgh University in 1833, and graduated at that institution in 1839, receiving his degree as Doctor of Medicine and Surgery. He at once entered into the practice of his profession at Edinburgh, his two brothers becoming surgeons in the British army. After a few years he went to Australia, where he was engaged in the practice of medicine for ten years. In 1850 he came to California, where he has since been continuously engaged in medical practice, and identified with the growth of its medical institutions.

Dr. Mackintosh comes from a family of physicians, both on his father and mother’s side, extending back to a number of generations. He is still engaged in active practice, and is probably the only man actively engaged in his profession who was in practice here in 1850.

Transcribed by Donna L. Becker

Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2, pages 117-118, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.

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