THEODORE B. APPEL, M. D., one of the younger physicians of Lancaster, was born in that city Sept. 8, 1871, son of Rev. Dr. Theodore Appel and his wife Susan Burton Wolff.

After completing the course of study in the common schools, Theodore B. Appel graduated from the Lancaster High School, in 1885. He then entered Franklin and Marshall College, and received the degree of A. B. there with the class of 1889. Immediately following his graduation he was elected vice-principal of the Berwick High School, but after one year entered the office of Dr. M. L. Herr to prepare for his professional career. In 1894 he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania. For the two years following he was resident physician at the Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia, where he pursued a practical course of great value in his later work, and in 1896 he entered upon the private practice of his profession in Lancaster, where he has practiced successfully since. He is now senior surgeon at the Lancaster General Hospital, and is assistant surgeon of the Pennsylvania National Guard, being attached to Battery C, at Phoenixville, Pa. Dr. Appel has paid especial attention to surgery, and has won a reputation in that line not bounded by the confines of his own county.

Professionally Dr. Appel is a member of the Lancaster City and Countv Medical Society, the Lancaster Pathological Society, the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Medical Society of the State of Pennsyvlvania, and the American Medical Association. He also belongs to the Hamilton Club of Lancaster, and to the University Club of Philadelphia.

On June 18, 1900, Dr. Appel was united in marriage with Miss Mary Calder, a daughter of the late George Calder, of Lancaster. Two daughters have been born of this union. In religious belief Dr. Appel follows the faith of his fathers, and is affiliated with the First Reformed Church.

(Source: Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Beers, 1903, p. 23.)