John Webb Douglas [is] the son of Dr. John C. and Mrs.
Rachel S. Douglas, of Scotch descent. He was born in Orange county,
North Carolina , May 19, 1852, and came to Texas in 1860, locating in
Walker county.
Received his literary education principally at
the hands of his good mother and in the log cabin schools of Texas .
Studied medicine with his father at Augusta, Texas, and attended
lectures at the Washington University, Baltimore, Maryland, two courses,
1871, 1872 and 1873, and one course in the Bellevue Hospital Medical
College, receiving his diploma from the former institution in 1873, and
from the latter in 1883; practiced medicine one year at Augusta, Texas;
two years at Colthorp, and since 1876 at Palestine, Texas.
In
1883 the Doctor took private courses at Bellevue , under instruction of
Professors Bryant and Janeway, taking an ad eundem degree in that year.
For several years he has been a member of the District Medical
Examining Board; has been a member of the City Council of Palestine
also. He is a member of the District Medical Society at Rusk, Texas ,
and of the Anderson County Medical Society.
In 1885 he
contributed a paper to the Courier-Record of Medicine, entitled “Fungus
Umbicales.”
Dr. Douglas was married October 21, 1879, to Miss
Dora M. Swanson, daughter of Col H.C. Swanson, of Palestine . They have
one child.
The Doctor [is at present] a member of the District
Board of Medical Examiners. |
