From Rock County, Wisconsin, Vol. 1, publ. 1908 - page 473-474
Dr. Samuel Bruce BUCKMASTER, was born in Lima, Ohio, April 26, 1853. When eighteen years old he went to California and taught school three years at Yreka, near the lava beds, where the Modoc war occurred and the peace commissioners, including Major General Canby, were murdered by Captain Jack and his blood thirsty Modocs. Mr. BUCKMASTER went into the lava beds as a volunteer in that war and one of his chums was captured by the Modocs and tortured to death.
Returning east Mr. BUCKMASTER began the study of medicine with Dr. Henry PALMER, at Janesville, Wis., and graduated from the medical department of the University of Virginia in 1879. He then attended the University of the City of New York, taking special courses, also at Bellevue. In the spring of 1880 he was appointed third assistant physician at the State Hospital for the Insane, at Madison, Wis.; a year later became a second assistant, and , in another year, was made first assistant. July 1, 1884, though one of the youngest men in the United States to hold such a position, he was unanimously chosen by the state board of supervision for superintendency of that state hospital. He was the first western superintendent to adopt the non-restraint system.
After serving at the hospital for nearly ten years Dr. BUCKMASTER resigned, that he might give his children better school advantages, and removed to Chicago, where he was elected professor of physiology in the College of Physicians and Surgeons (now the medical department of the University of Illinois). He was also elected president of the West Side Free Dispensary, which treated about twenty-five thousand patients every year.
In 1894 Dr. BUCKMASTER accepted the superintendency of the sanatorium at Hudson, Wis., and in 1897 assumed the position of superintendent of the Oakwood Retreat at Lake Geneva, Wis.
Institutional life affecting his health unfavorably, he resigned and engaged in private practice in Janesville, beginning in 1898.
Dr. BUCKMASTER has twice been president of the Rock County Medical Society, and for several years has been secretary of the United States pension examining board. He is a member of the Janesville board of education and is president of the body.
Dr. Samuel Bruce BUCKMASTER, was born in Lima, Ohio, April 26, 1853. When eighteen years old he went to California and taught school three years at Yreka, near the lava beds, where the Modoc war occurred and the peace commissioners, including Major General Canby, were murdered by Captain Jack and his blood thirsty Modocs. Mr. BUCKMASTER went into the lava beds as a volunteer in that war and one of his chums was captured by the Modocs and tortured to death.
Returning east Mr. BUCKMASTER began the study of medicine with Dr. Henry PALMER, at Janesville, Wis., and graduated from the medical department of the University of Virginia in 1879. He then attended the University of the City of New York, taking special courses, also at Bellevue. In the spring of 1880 he was appointed third assistant physician at the State Hospital for the Insane, at Madison, Wis.; a year later became a second assistant, and , in another year, was made first assistant. July 1, 1884, though one of the youngest men in the United States to hold such a position, he was unanimously chosen by the state board of supervision for superintendency of that state hospital. He was the first western superintendent to adopt the non-restraint system.
After serving at the hospital for nearly ten years Dr. BUCKMASTER resigned, that he might give his children better school advantages, and removed to Chicago, where he was elected professor of physiology in the College of Physicians and Surgeons (now the medical department of the University of Illinois). He was also elected president of the West Side Free Dispensary, which treated about twenty-five thousand patients every year.
In 1894 Dr. BUCKMASTER accepted the superintendency of the sanatorium at Hudson, Wis., and in 1897 assumed the position of superintendent of the Oakwood Retreat at Lake Geneva, Wis.
Institutional life affecting his health unfavorably, he resigned and engaged in private practice in Janesville, beginning in 1898.
Dr. BUCKMASTER has twice been president of the Rock County Medical Society, and for several years has been secretary of the United States pension examining board. He is a member of the Janesville board of education and is president of the body.
From Rock County, Wisconsin, Vol. 1, publ. 1908 - page 473-474
Dr. Samuel Bruce BUCKMASTER, was born in Lima, Ohio, April 26, 1853. When eighteen years old he went to California and taught school three years at Yreka, near the lava beds, where the Modoc war occurred and the peace commissioners, including Major General Canby, were murdered by Captain Jack and his blood thirsty Modocs. Mr. BUCKMASTER went into the lava beds as a volunteer in that war and one of his chums was captured by the Modocs and tortured to death.
Returning east Mr. BUCKMASTER began the study of medicine with Dr. Henry PALMER, at Janesville, Wis., and graduated from the medical department of the University of Virginia in 1879. He then attended the University of the City of New York, taking special courses, also at Bellevue. In the spring of 1880 he was appointed third assistant physician at the State Hospital for the Insane, at Madison, Wis.; a year later became a second assistant, and , in another year, was made first assistant. July 1, 1884, though one of the youngest men in the United States to hold such a position, he was unanimously chosen by the state board of supervision for superintendency of that state hospital. He was the first western superintendent to adopt the non-restraint system.
After serving at the hospital for nearly ten years Dr. BUCKMASTER resigned, that he might give his children better school advantages, and removed to Chicago, where he was elected professor of physiology in the College of Physicians and Surgeons (now the medical department of the University of Illinois). He was also elected president of the West Side Free Dispensary, which treated about twenty-five thousand patients every year.
In 1894 Dr. BUCKMASTER accepted the superintendency of the sanatorium at Hudson, Wis., and in 1897 assumed the position of superintendent of the Oakwood Retreat at Lake Geneva, Wis.
Institutional life affecting his health unfavorably, he resigned and engaged in private practice in Janesville, beginning in 1898.
Dr. BUCKMASTER has twice been president of the Rock County Medical Society, and for several years has been secretary of the United States pension examining board. He is a member of the Janesville board of education and is president of the body.
Dr. Samuel Bruce BUCKMASTER, was born in Lima, Ohio, April 26, 1853. When eighteen years old he went to California and taught school three years at Yreka, near the lava beds, where the Modoc war occurred and the peace commissioners, including Major General Canby, were murdered by Captain Jack and his blood thirsty Modocs. Mr. BUCKMASTER went into the lava beds as a volunteer in that war and one of his chums was captured by the Modocs and tortured to death.
Returning east Mr. BUCKMASTER began the study of medicine with Dr. Henry PALMER, at Janesville, Wis., and graduated from the medical department of the University of Virginia in 1879. He then attended the University of the City of New York, taking special courses, also at Bellevue. In the spring of 1880 he was appointed third assistant physician at the State Hospital for the Insane, at Madison, Wis.; a year later became a second assistant, and , in another year, was made first assistant. July 1, 1884, though one of the youngest men in the United States to hold such a position, he was unanimously chosen by the state board of supervision for superintendency of that state hospital. He was the first western superintendent to adopt the non-restraint system.
After serving at the hospital for nearly ten years Dr. BUCKMASTER resigned, that he might give his children better school advantages, and removed to Chicago, where he was elected professor of physiology in the College of Physicians and Surgeons (now the medical department of the University of Illinois). He was also elected president of the West Side Free Dispensary, which treated about twenty-five thousand patients every year.
In 1894 Dr. BUCKMASTER accepted the superintendency of the sanatorium at Hudson, Wis., and in 1897 assumed the position of superintendent of the Oakwood Retreat at Lake Geneva, Wis.
Institutional life affecting his health unfavorably, he resigned and engaged in private practice in Janesville, beginning in 1898.
Dr. BUCKMASTER has twice been president of the Rock County Medical Society, and for several years has been secretary of the United States pension examining board. He is a member of the Janesville board of education and is president of the body.
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