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Compiled by John H. Wheeler Published in 1903 by B. F. Bowen Biography Page 135 - 136 |
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D. W. CURTIS, V. S.
| The profession of which the subject of this review is a
worthy representative has of recent years come prominently to the front and in
its ranks today are found many learned and distinguished men whose ability and
skill are being unselfishly devoted to man's most serviceable and faithful
friend, the horse. Dr. D. W. Curtis, a leading veterinary surgeon of Wexford
county, and the only professionally educated man of his calling in this part of
the state, is a native of Canada, born January 24, 1863, in western Ontario,
near the town of Stratford. He was reared and educated in the land of his
nativity and there followed various pursuits until 1890 when he entered the
Ontario Veterinary College at Toronto, perhaps the most famous institution of
the kind on the continent, and graduated from the same two years later. The same
year in which he received his degree witnessed the Doctor's arrival at Cadillac,
Michigan, where he at once engaged in the practice of his profession, and it was
not long until his ability and skill were duly recognized by the people of the
city and county, with the result that his reputation was soon permanently
established. After practicing here until the fall of 1893 he returned to Canada
and took a postgraduate course in the same institution from which he had
formerly graduated, thus by a thorough course of training under the direction of
the best professional talent in America fitting himself for a calling in which
he has already achieved marked success and in which he is destined to fill out a
still greater career of usefulness. Leaving college the second time, the Doctor
located at Big Rapids, Michigan, where he practiced the ensuing fifteen months
and at the end of that time returned to Cadillac, where he has since remained,
the meanwhile building up a large and lucrative business which has been as
successful financially as professionally. In connection with his professional
business he operated a large horseshoeing establishment in which none but the
most skillful workmen were employed, and his reputation in this line brought him
a patronage much more liberal than that of any other establishment of the kind
in this city. However, this branch of business has been discontinued on account of his not having time to attend to it personally, Dr. Curtis has devoted much time and thought to the calling in which he is engaged and the rare skill he displays in the treatment of the various diseases peculiar to the horse, and the success with which the same has been crowned has given him a place in the front ranks of the profession. A close and critical student, he spares no pains to keep in touch with the latest discoveries and advancements in veterinary surgery and, possessing the ability to reduce his knowledge to practice, demonstrates his fitnessto meet every requirement made upon him in the line of his professional work. He is one of the substantial, public-spirited men of his adopted city, has done much to promote its general prosperity, materially and otherwise, and always stands ready to lend his influence and support to all worthy enterprises. Dr. Curtis was married December 29, 1896, to Miss Marguerite Code, the union being blessed with one child, Velma Irene, who was born July 2, 1898. |