San Francisco County
Biographies
EDWIN
ROBBINS, M.D.
Edwin Robbins,
M. D., whose office is in the Flood Building, has been a resident of California
for the past ten years, during which time he has practiced for six years in Los
Angeles and in San Francisco about two and a half years. He was born in Tipton, near Birmingham,
England, in May, 1850, and received his early education in the schools of his
native town. At about the age of
twenty-two years he left home and traveled through Canada and the United
States, and proceeded to Australia, where he spent seven years, traveling in
New Zealand and Australia. He returned
to the United States in 1879 and entered the American Eclectic Medical College
of Ohio, where he graduated in 1882, receiving his degree as Doctor of
Medicine, and at the same time received the honorary diploma of Doctor of
Medical Laws. He then entered upon the
practice of his profession at Los Angeles, where he remained six years. Coming to San Francisco in December, 1888, he
commenced practice here, and has since built up a large and lucrative
business. Dr. Robbins makes a speciality of chronic and nervous diseases, in the
treatment of which he has been very successful.
Transcribed by Donna L. Becker.
Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2,
page 72, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
© 2005 Donna L. Becker.