History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County, Minnesota (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...of the North Star state, making Anoka his home with offices in Minneapolis and Anoka. Dr. Aldrich devotes his practice exclusively to the specialty of the eye, ear, nose and throat, and is ably 'assisted by his wife, Dr. F. L. S. Aldrich. His preparation for this work has been extensive and thorough. In 1887 he took special instructions under Dr. F. C. Hotz at the Chicago Eye and Ear Infirmary, and in a few months thereafter another course in the same city. In 1888-9 he took the best courses obtainable in this country at the Manhattan Eye and Ear Infirmary and the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, also special work at the New York Post Graduate Hospital. In 1896 he was appointed clinical assistant to the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, London, Eng., and to the Royal Ear Hospital, and the Central London Throat Hospital under the renowned Lennox Browne. 'This was followed by advanced private courses in the hospitals of Paris, Vienna, and other European cities. Dr. Aldrich is a member of the Hennepin county Medical Society, the State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He is a frequent contributor to journals of Ophthmology. He is a thirty-two degree Mason and a Shriner. He is an enthusiastic lover of field sports and of country life. His home, "Colonial Hall," at Anoka is largely maintained in order to bring him nearer the pleasures he so much enjoys. His private kennel always contains the finest breeds of hunting dogs, all well trained. Both he and his wife are advocates of the simple life; both are enthusiastic students of natural sciences, and their home life is ideal. Dr. Aldrich politically is a radical Democrat and an independent thinker. Among his friends he is known as "a royal good fellow at all...