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WILLIAM D. McCARTHY,
M.D.
WILLIAM D. McCARTHY, M.D., whose office is at 111
Eddy street, residence 1030
Mission street, San Francisco,
has been a resident of California
since 1861, and has been engaged in the practice of medicine since 1882. He was born in Boston,
Massachusetts, in 1861, and came to California
with his parents while he was yet an infant.
His education was received in San Francisco ,
in the St. Mary’s College, where he spent about thirteen years, and was
graduated as master of Arts. He then
went to St. Mary’s Hospital, where he was a druggist for several years, and later
filled the place of interne. In 1879 he
entered the medical department of the University of the Pacific, now the Cooper
Medical College,
graduating at that institution in 1882, and receiving his degree as Doctor of
Medicine. He was immediately appointed
Superintendent of the St. Mary’s Hospital, which position he held for three
years. Since 1885 he has been engaged in
private practice in San Francisco.
In 1887 Dr. McCarthy was appointed a member of the Board of Health, to fill the
unexpired term of Dr. William Douglas, who resigned at that time. He was then reappointed, and held this
position for three years, or until 1869, when he resigned. He is a member of the State Medical society,
and of the County Medical Society of San Francisco, and is Surgeon of the
Second Artillery, in which he has served for over four and one-half years. At present he is Senior Surgeon of the Second
Brigade.
Transcribed 8-1-05 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2, Page 259, Lewis
Publishing Co, 1892.
©
2005 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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