Medical doctor, surgeon, professor and founder of the Hertzler Hospital in Halstead, Kansas. Author of the autobiographical book, "The Horse and Buggy Doctor."
Arthur Hertzler was born in Iowa, moving to near Moundridge, Kansas when he was a boy. Attended college at Winfield, Kansas and medical school at Northwestern. Moved his practice to Halstead, Kansas following a tornado disaster there. (Wikipedia.)
Arthur Hertzler wrote that he was a discipline problem when he started school at the age of 7 1/2. Several of the students at his school resorted to playing mean tricks on mean teachers. Following this school he attended an academy. Following medical school at Northwestern he studied medicine in Berlin, Germany for 2 years. Sometime later Hertzler was offered a teaching position at the University Medical College of Kansas City. His stay there was 7 years, and taught in turn, or simultaneously, histology, pathology, bacteriology, experimental surgery, gynecology and and ran the dissecting room for 2 years.
Actor Milburn Stone, who portrayed "Doc" Adams on the television series Gunsmoke, knew Dr. Hertzler when Milburn was a young man and was a great admirer of Dr. Hertzler. Also, Milburn Stone's mother worked as a seamstress for the nurses at Dr. Hertzler's hospital. Milburn Stone wrote the Introduction to Dr. Hertzler's book, "The Horse and Buggy Doctor" when it was reprinted in 1970. Milburn felt it was a bit arrogant for an actor, who only potrayed a doctor, to comment on the great Dr. Hertzler. In the Introduction Milburn states, "I don't want Dr. Hertzler to have any criticism for the way I portrayed a Kansas country doctor, a role he created and played to perfection throughout his entire life." Dr. Hertzler dedicated this book to, "Agnes, Helen and Margaret, my daughters."
After the Gunsmoke television series ended, Milburn Stone attempted to produce a television series based on the life of Dr. Hertzler.
Dr. Hertzler was indeed, a complex person. A very dedicated healer, on call at all hours, who earlier in his career, continually fell asleep in his buggy and let his horse find the way home. He spoke of often waking in the middle of the night in his buggy and finding that his horse had stopped in a field to feed on a haystack, Hertzler not knowing where they were. Also, Hertzler, when he became the focus of a rumor that he'd had an affair with a nurse at his hospital, felt betrayed by the criticism. From then on, it is said that he refused to use the front entrance to his hospital.
"Drs. Hertzler & Wuttke have purchased a fine 4-year-old driving horse from Ross Stevens, consideration $150." (Halstead Independent, Jan. 28, 1909)
"Dr. A. E. Hertzler received a call from Burlington, Iowa to perform an operation this week. The fame of this surgeon seems to be reaching far out toward every point of the compass." (Halstead Independent, Jan. 28, 1909)
"Dr. Hertzler has been in the east the past two weeks having visited at Baltimore, Philadelphia and other cities. He also attended the meeting of The American Medical Society at Atlantic City and read a paper as part of the program." (Halstead Independent, June 10, 1909)
Hertzler wrote that when automobiles first became popular he was not convinced of their reliability so instead he invested in a medical library which would grow to include 44 complete files of medical journals, 8,000 hard bound volumes and 10,000 pamphlets. He eventually donated them to several institutions.
"What is said to be the largest private medical library in America was presented this week to the University of Illinois Medical School at Chicago. Dr. Arthur E. Hertzler was the donor. More than 5,000 volumes and 10,000 pamphlets comprised the collection which weighed about 18 tons." (Sept. 3, 1937, Halstead Independent)
Dr. Hertzler's two-story former residence (shown in a photo here) can be seen on the south side of east 6th Street, between Hertzler Road and the river, in Halstead, Kansas (2012).
From The Evening Kansan-Republican dated September 12, 1946;
"Death Claims Dr. Hertzler - Famed Surgeon, Author Lecturer Died Today at Halstead - Was 76 Years Old - Great Benefactor Aiding Humanity For Over 50 Years
Dr. Arthur E. Hertzler, famous surgeon, author and lecturer, founder of the Hertzler Clinic and Hospital at Halstead, died this afternoon at the hospital at 12:15 of uremic piosoning. He was born in West Point, Ia., July 26, 1870, and hence was past 76 years old.
He was a son of Daniel and Marie (Krehbiel) Hertzler, who came from Iowa to Moundridge for the benefit of the father's health."
Arthur Hertzler was born in Iowa, moving to near Moundridge, Kansas when he was a boy. Attended college at Winfield, Kansas and medical school at Northwestern. Moved his practice to Halstead, Kansas following a tornado disaster there. (Wikipedia.)
Arthur Hertzler wrote that he was a discipline problem when he started school at the age of 7 1/2. Several of the students at his school resorted to playing mean tricks on mean teachers. Following this school he attended an academy. Following medical school at Northwestern he studied medicine in Berlin, Germany for 2 years. Sometime later Hertzler was offered a teaching position at the University Medical College of Kansas City. His stay there was 7 years, and taught in turn, or simultaneously, histology, pathology, bacteriology, experimental surgery, gynecology and and ran the dissecting room for 2 years.
Actor Milburn Stone, who portrayed "Doc" Adams on the television series Gunsmoke, knew Dr. Hertzler when Milburn was a young man and was a great admirer of Dr. Hertzler. Also, Milburn Stone's mother worked as a seamstress for the nurses at Dr. Hertzler's hospital. Milburn Stone wrote the Introduction to Dr. Hertzler's book, "The Horse and Buggy Doctor" when it was reprinted in 1970. Milburn felt it was a bit arrogant for an actor, who only potrayed a doctor, to comment on the great Dr. Hertzler. In the Introduction Milburn states, "I don't want Dr. Hertzler to have any criticism for the way I portrayed a Kansas country doctor, a role he created and played to perfection throughout his entire life." Dr. Hertzler dedicated this book to, "Agnes, Helen and Margaret, my daughters."
After the Gunsmoke television series ended, Milburn Stone attempted to produce a television series based on the life of Dr. Hertzler.
Dr. Hertzler was indeed, a complex person. A very dedicated healer, on call at all hours, who earlier in his career, continually fell asleep in his buggy and let his horse find the way home. He spoke of often waking in the middle of the night in his buggy and finding that his horse had stopped in a field to feed on a haystack, Hertzler not knowing where they were. Also, Hertzler, when he became the focus of a rumor that he'd had an affair with a nurse at his hospital, felt betrayed by the criticism. From then on, it is said that he refused to use the front entrance to his hospital.
"Drs. Hertzler & Wuttke have purchased a fine 4-year-old driving horse from Ross Stevens, consideration $150." (Halstead Independent, Jan. 28, 1909)
"Dr. A. E. Hertzler received a call from Burlington, Iowa to perform an operation this week. The fame of this surgeon seems to be reaching far out toward every point of the compass." (Halstead Independent, Jan. 28, 1909)
"Dr. Hertzler has been in the east the past two weeks having visited at Baltimore, Philadelphia and other cities. He also attended the meeting of The American Medical Society at Atlantic City and read a paper as part of the program." (Halstead Independent, June 10, 1909)
Hertzler wrote that when automobiles first became popular he was not convinced of their reliability so instead he invested in a medical library which would grow to include 44 complete files of medical journals, 8,000 hard bound volumes and 10,000 pamphlets. He eventually donated them to several institutions.
"What is said to be the largest private medical library in America was presented this week to the University of Illinois Medical School at Chicago. Dr. Arthur E. Hertzler was the donor. More than 5,000 volumes and 10,000 pamphlets comprised the collection which weighed about 18 tons." (Sept. 3, 1937, Halstead Independent)
Dr. Hertzler's two-story former residence (shown in a photo here) can be seen on the south side of east 6th Street, between Hertzler Road and the river, in Halstead, Kansas (2012).
From The Evening Kansan-Republican dated September 12, 1946;
"Death Claims Dr. Hertzler - Famed Surgeon, Author Lecturer Died Today at Halstead - Was 76 Years Old - Great Benefactor Aiding Humanity For Over 50 Years
Dr. Arthur E. Hertzler, famous surgeon, author and lecturer, founder of the Hertzler Clinic and Hospital at Halstead, died this afternoon at the hospital at 12:15 of uremic piosoning. He was born in West Point, Ia., July 26, 1870, and hence was past 76 years old.
He was a son of Daniel and Marie (Krehbiel) Hertzler, who came from Iowa to Moundridge for the benefit of the father's health."
Medical doctor, surgeon, professor and founder of the Hertzler Hospital in Halstead, Kansas. Author of the autobiographical book, "The Horse and Buggy Doctor."
Arthur Hertzler was born in Iowa, moving to near Moundridge, Kansas when he was a boy. Attended college at Winfield, Kansas and medical school at Northwestern. Moved his practice to Halstead, Kansas following a tornado disaster there. (Wikipedia.)
Arthur Hertzler wrote that he was a discipline problem when he started school at the age of 7 1/2. Several of the students at his school resorted to playing mean tricks on mean teachers. Following this school he attended an academy. Following medical school at Northwestern he studied medicine in Berlin, Germany for 2 years. Sometime later Hertzler was offered a teaching position at the University Medical College of Kansas City. His stay there was 7 years, and taught in turn, or simultaneously, histology, pathology, bacteriology, experimental surgery, gynecology and and ran the dissecting room for 2 years.
Actor Milburn Stone, who portrayed "Doc" Adams on the television series Gunsmoke, knew Dr. Hertzler when Milburn was a young man and was a great admirer of Dr. Hertzler. Also, Milburn Stone's mother worked as a seamstress for the nurses at Dr. Hertzler's hospital. Milburn Stone wrote the Introduction to Dr. Hertzler's book, "The Horse and Buggy Doctor" when it was reprinted in 1970. Milburn felt it was a bit arrogant for an actor, who only potrayed a doctor, to comment on the great Dr. Hertzler. In the Introduction Milburn states, "I don't want Dr. Hertzler to have any criticism for the way I portrayed a Kansas country doctor, a role he created and played to perfection throughout his entire life." Dr. Hertzler dedicated this book to, "Agnes, Helen and Margaret, my daughters."
After the Gunsmoke television series ended, Milburn Stone attempted to produce a television series based on the life of Dr. Hertzler.
Dr. Hertzler was indeed, a complex person. A very dedicated healer, on call at all hours, who earlier in his career, continually fell asleep in his buggy and let his horse find the way home. He spoke of often waking in the middle of the night in his buggy and finding that his horse had stopped in a field to feed on a haystack, Hertzler not knowing where they were. Also, Hertzler, when he became the focus of a rumor that he'd had an affair with a nurse at his hospital, felt betrayed by the criticism. From then on, it is said that he refused to use the front entrance to his hospital.
"Drs. Hertzler & Wuttke have purchased a fine 4-year-old driving horse from Ross Stevens, consideration $150." (Halstead Independent, Jan. 28, 1909)
"Dr. A. E. Hertzler received a call from Burlington, Iowa to perform an operation this week. The fame of this surgeon seems to be reaching far out toward every point of the compass." (Halstead Independent, Jan. 28, 1909)
"Dr. Hertzler has been in the east the past two weeks having visited at Baltimore, Philadelphia and other cities. He also attended the meeting of The American Medical Society at Atlantic City and read a paper as part of the program." (Halstead Independent, June 10, 1909)
Hertzler wrote that when automobiles first became popular he was not convinced of their reliability so instead he invested in a medical library which would grow to include 44 complete files of medical journals, 8,000 hard bound volumes and 10,000 pamphlets. He eventually donated them to several institutions.
"What is said to be the largest private medical library in America was presented this week to the University of Illinois Medical School at Chicago. Dr. Arthur E. Hertzler was the donor. More than 5,000 volumes and 10,000 pamphlets comprised the collection which weighed about 18 tons." (Sept. 3, 1937, Halstead Independent)
Dr. Hertzler's two-story former residence (shown in a photo here) can be seen on the south side of east 6th Street, between Hertzler Road and the river, in Halstead, Kansas (2012).
From The Evening Kansan-Republican dated September 12, 1946;
"Death Claims Dr. Hertzler - Famed Surgeon, Author Lecturer Died Today at Halstead - Was 76 Years Old - Great Benefactor Aiding Humanity For Over 50 Years
Dr. Arthur E. Hertzler, famous surgeon, author and lecturer, founder of the Hertzler Clinic and Hospital at Halstead, died this afternoon at the hospital at 12:15 of uremic piosoning. He was born in West Point, Ia., July 26, 1870, and hence was past 76 years old.
He was a son of Daniel and Marie (Krehbiel) Hertzler, who came from Iowa to Moundridge for the benefit of the father's health."
Arthur Hertzler was born in Iowa, moving to near Moundridge, Kansas when he was a boy. Attended college at Winfield, Kansas and medical school at Northwestern. Moved his practice to Halstead, Kansas following a tornado disaster there. (Wikipedia.)
Arthur Hertzler wrote that he was a discipline problem when he started school at the age of 7 1/2. Several of the students at his school resorted to playing mean tricks on mean teachers. Following this school he attended an academy. Following medical school at Northwestern he studied medicine in Berlin, Germany for 2 years. Sometime later Hertzler was offered a teaching position at the University Medical College of Kansas City. His stay there was 7 years, and taught in turn, or simultaneously, histology, pathology, bacteriology, experimental surgery, gynecology and and ran the dissecting room for 2 years.
Actor Milburn Stone, who portrayed "Doc" Adams on the television series Gunsmoke, knew Dr. Hertzler when Milburn was a young man and was a great admirer of Dr. Hertzler. Also, Milburn Stone's mother worked as a seamstress for the nurses at Dr. Hertzler's hospital. Milburn Stone wrote the Introduction to Dr. Hertzler's book, "The Horse and Buggy Doctor" when it was reprinted in 1970. Milburn felt it was a bit arrogant for an actor, who only potrayed a doctor, to comment on the great Dr. Hertzler. In the Introduction Milburn states, "I don't want Dr. Hertzler to have any criticism for the way I portrayed a Kansas country doctor, a role he created and played to perfection throughout his entire life." Dr. Hertzler dedicated this book to, "Agnes, Helen and Margaret, my daughters."
After the Gunsmoke television series ended, Milburn Stone attempted to produce a television series based on the life of Dr. Hertzler.
Dr. Hertzler was indeed, a complex person. A very dedicated healer, on call at all hours, who earlier in his career, continually fell asleep in his buggy and let his horse find the way home. He spoke of often waking in the middle of the night in his buggy and finding that his horse had stopped in a field to feed on a haystack, Hertzler not knowing where they were. Also, Hertzler, when he became the focus of a rumor that he'd had an affair with a nurse at his hospital, felt betrayed by the criticism. From then on, it is said that he refused to use the front entrance to his hospital.
"Drs. Hertzler & Wuttke have purchased a fine 4-year-old driving horse from Ross Stevens, consideration $150." (Halstead Independent, Jan. 28, 1909)
"Dr. A. E. Hertzler received a call from Burlington, Iowa to perform an operation this week. The fame of this surgeon seems to be reaching far out toward every point of the compass." (Halstead Independent, Jan. 28, 1909)
"Dr. Hertzler has been in the east the past two weeks having visited at Baltimore, Philadelphia and other cities. He also attended the meeting of The American Medical Society at Atlantic City and read a paper as part of the program." (Halstead Independent, June 10, 1909)
Hertzler wrote that when automobiles first became popular he was not convinced of their reliability so instead he invested in a medical library which would grow to include 44 complete files of medical journals, 8,000 hard bound volumes and 10,000 pamphlets. He eventually donated them to several institutions.
"What is said to be the largest private medical library in America was presented this week to the University of Illinois Medical School at Chicago. Dr. Arthur E. Hertzler was the donor. More than 5,000 volumes and 10,000 pamphlets comprised the collection which weighed about 18 tons." (Sept. 3, 1937, Halstead Independent)
Dr. Hertzler's two-story former residence (shown in a photo here) can be seen on the south side of east 6th Street, between Hertzler Road and the river, in Halstead, Kansas (2012).
From The Evening Kansan-Republican dated September 12, 1946;
"Death Claims Dr. Hertzler - Famed Surgeon, Author Lecturer Died Today at Halstead - Was 76 Years Old - Great Benefactor Aiding Humanity For Over 50 Years
Dr. Arthur E. Hertzler, famous surgeon, author and lecturer, founder of the Hertzler Clinic and Hospital at Halstead, died this afternoon at the hospital at 12:15 of uremic piosoning. He was born in West Point, Ia., July 26, 1870, and hence was past 76 years old.
He was a son of Daniel and Marie (Krehbiel) Hertzler, who came from Iowa to Moundridge for the benefit of the father's health."
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