One of founders of the Department of Medicine for the State University of Iowa, Dr. Shrader specialized in medicine for women and children. He served as President of Iowa's State Board of Health and he also served 2 terms in the state legislature.
John's boyhood was spent on the farm, and he was raised, as were the families of that day, to habits of economy and industry. Owing to the illness of his father, on him, as eldest son, mainly devolved the support of the family, which denied him much opportunity for early education. A college education was begun, but abandoned for lack of means to complete it. But native talent and earnest study in later life have made the lack of college training imperceptible, and placed him the compeer of men with the culture of schools. While young, he had the desire to devote himself to the profession of medicine, and to this end all his energies were bent. While at home he pursued his studies under the direction of Dr. John Hemphill, and filled the hours between teaching with studious application to his work of medicine. Removing to the west in 1855, he located in Linn county, Iowa, and engaged in farming and stock raising: This he continued successfully till the crisis of 1857-8, which wrecked him along with thousands of others in the west. Leaving the farm, he assisted in the organization of Western College, in Linn County, afterward becoming one of its first instructors. His new occupation afforded him the opportunity of resuming his studies with renewed vigor, under the direction at first of Dr. Crouse, and afterward under that of Dr. Parmenter, then a professor in the college. He resigned his place in the school, attended medical lectures, and was fairly at work in a rapidly increasing business when he was commissioned, by Governor Kirkwood, captain in the 22d Iowa Infantry. While serving with his regiment as captain he was detailed for duty on General Fitz-Henry Warren's staff, and served for a time in 1864 as provost marshal general of Texas. Returning to his regiment, he was soon afterward appointed its surgeon, with rank of major, by Governor Stone, and on the removal of his regiment to the eastern department, was chosen one of the operating surgeons of the second division, nineteenth army corps. After the battle of Winchester he had charge of one of the largest hospitals in Winchester, Virginia. After rejoining his regiment he remained with it till it was mustered out. He was presented in the name of his regiment with a complete set of surgical instruments, on the several cases of which was engraved: Presented to Surgeon John C. Shrader, by the officers and men of the 22d regiment, Iowa Infantry; in appreciation of his skill as a physician and surgeon, and as a tribute of love and esteem from his comrades in arms. On leaving the service he entered upon the practice of his profession at Iowa City, where he has by successful practice made himself one of the leading physicians of the city, and has built up a large and remunerative business. Upon the establishment of the medical department of the University of Iowa he was appointed, by the board of regents, professor of obstetrics and diseases of women and children. He still holds his position in the department, which is becoming so justly popular in Iowa and the northwest. He is a physician to the board of health of Iowa City, member of the Iowa City Medical Society, the Iowa and Illinois Central District Medical Society, the Eastern Iowa District Medical Society, the Poweshiek County Medical Society and the Iowa State Medical Society. He has been twice married: on the 1st of January 1852, to Miss Lydia P. Evans, of Washington county, Ohio, who died in 1871. His second wife was Miss Maggie A. Carter, of Iowa City.
John's boyhood was spent on the farm, and he was raised, as were the families of that day, to habits of economy and industry. Owing to the illness of his father, on him, as eldest son, mainly devolved the support of the family, which denied him much opportunity for early education. A college education was begun, but abandoned for lack of means to complete it. But native talent and earnest study in later life have made the lack of college training imperceptible, and placed him the compeer of men with the culture of schools. While young, he had the desire to devote himself to the profession of medicine, and to this end all his energies were bent. While at home he pursued his studies under the direction of Dr. John Hemphill, and filled the hours between teaching with studious application to his work of medicine. Removing to the west in 1855, he located in Linn county, Iowa, and engaged in farming and stock raising: This he continued successfully till the crisis of 1857-8, which wrecked him along with thousands of others in the west. Leaving the farm, he assisted in the organization of Western College, in Linn County, afterward becoming one of its first instructors. His new occupation afforded him the opportunity of resuming his studies with renewed vigor, under the direction at first of Dr. Crouse, and afterward under that of Dr. Parmenter, then a professor in the college. He resigned his place in the school, attended medical lectures, and was fairly at work in a rapidly increasing business when he was commissioned, by Governor Kirkwood, captain in the 22d Iowa Infantry. While serving with his regiment as captain he was detailed for duty on General Fitz-Henry Warren's staff, and served for a time in 1864 as provost marshal general of Texas. Returning to his regiment, he was soon afterward appointed its surgeon, with rank of major, by Governor Stone, and on the removal of his regiment to the eastern department, was chosen one of the operating surgeons of the second division, nineteenth army corps. After the battle of Winchester he had charge of one of the largest hospitals in Winchester, Virginia. After rejoining his regiment he remained with it till it was mustered out. He was presented in the name of his regiment with a complete set of surgical instruments, on the several cases of which was engraved: Presented to Surgeon John C. Shrader, by the officers and men of the 22d regiment, Iowa Infantry; in appreciation of his skill as a physician and surgeon, and as a tribute of love and esteem from his comrades in arms. On leaving the service he entered upon the practice of his profession at Iowa City, where he has by successful practice made himself one of the leading physicians of the city, and has built up a large and remunerative business. Upon the establishment of the medical department of the University of Iowa he was appointed, by the board of regents, professor of obstetrics and diseases of women and children. He still holds his position in the department, which is becoming so justly popular in Iowa and the northwest. He is a physician to the board of health of Iowa City, member of the Iowa City Medical Society, the Iowa and Illinois Central District Medical Society, the Eastern Iowa District Medical Society, the Poweshiek County Medical Society and the Iowa State Medical Society. He has been twice married: on the 1st of January 1852, to Miss Lydia P. Evans, of Washington county, Ohio, who died in 1871. His second wife was Miss Maggie A. Carter, of Iowa City.
One of founders of the Department of Medicine for the State University of Iowa, Dr. Shrader specialized in medicine for women and children. He served as President of Iowa's State Board of Health and he also served 2 terms in the state legislature.
John's boyhood was spent on the farm, and he was raised, as were the families of that day, to habits of economy and industry. Owing to the illness of his father, on him, as eldest son, mainly devolved the support of the family, which denied him much opportunity for early education. A college education was begun, but abandoned for lack of means to complete it. But native talent and earnest study in later life have made the lack of college training imperceptible, and placed him the compeer of men with the culture of schools. While young, he had the desire to devote himself to the profession of medicine, and to this end all his energies were bent. While at home he pursued his studies under the direction of Dr. John Hemphill, and filled the hours between teaching with studious application to his work of medicine. Removing to the west in 1855, he located in Linn county, Iowa, and engaged in farming and stock raising: This he continued successfully till the crisis of 1857-8, which wrecked him along with thousands of others in the west. Leaving the farm, he assisted in the organization of Western College, in Linn County, afterward becoming one of its first instructors. His new occupation afforded him the opportunity of resuming his studies with renewed vigor, under the direction at first of Dr. Crouse, and afterward under that of Dr. Parmenter, then a professor in the college. He resigned his place in the school, attended medical lectures, and was fairly at work in a rapidly increasing business when he was commissioned, by Governor Kirkwood, captain in the 22d Iowa Infantry. While serving with his regiment as captain he was detailed for duty on General Fitz-Henry Warren's staff, and served for a time in 1864 as provost marshal general of Texas. Returning to his regiment, he was soon afterward appointed its surgeon, with rank of major, by Governor Stone, and on the removal of his regiment to the eastern department, was chosen one of the operating surgeons of the second division, nineteenth army corps. After the battle of Winchester he had charge of one of the largest hospitals in Winchester, Virginia. After rejoining his regiment he remained with it till it was mustered out. He was presented in the name of his regiment with a complete set of surgical instruments, on the several cases of which was engraved: Presented to Surgeon John C. Shrader, by the officers and men of the 22d regiment, Iowa Infantry; in appreciation of his skill as a physician and surgeon, and as a tribute of love and esteem from his comrades in arms. On leaving the service he entered upon the practice of his profession at Iowa City, where he has by successful practice made himself one of the leading physicians of the city, and has built up a large and remunerative business. Upon the establishment of the medical department of the University of Iowa he was appointed, by the board of regents, professor of obstetrics and diseases of women and children. He still holds his position in the department, which is becoming so justly popular in Iowa and the northwest. He is a physician to the board of health of Iowa City, member of the Iowa City Medical Society, the Iowa and Illinois Central District Medical Society, the Eastern Iowa District Medical Society, the Poweshiek County Medical Society and the Iowa State Medical Society. He has been twice married: on the 1st of January 1852, to Miss Lydia P. Evans, of Washington county, Ohio, who died in 1871. His second wife was Miss Maggie A. Carter, of Iowa City.
John's boyhood was spent on the farm, and he was raised, as were the families of that day, to habits of economy and industry. Owing to the illness of his father, on him, as eldest son, mainly devolved the support of the family, which denied him much opportunity for early education. A college education was begun, but abandoned for lack of means to complete it. But native talent and earnest study in later life have made the lack of college training imperceptible, and placed him the compeer of men with the culture of schools. While young, he had the desire to devote himself to the profession of medicine, and to this end all his energies were bent. While at home he pursued his studies under the direction of Dr. John Hemphill, and filled the hours between teaching with studious application to his work of medicine. Removing to the west in 1855, he located in Linn county, Iowa, and engaged in farming and stock raising: This he continued successfully till the crisis of 1857-8, which wrecked him along with thousands of others in the west. Leaving the farm, he assisted in the organization of Western College, in Linn County, afterward becoming one of its first instructors. His new occupation afforded him the opportunity of resuming his studies with renewed vigor, under the direction at first of Dr. Crouse, and afterward under that of Dr. Parmenter, then a professor in the college. He resigned his place in the school, attended medical lectures, and was fairly at work in a rapidly increasing business when he was commissioned, by Governor Kirkwood, captain in the 22d Iowa Infantry. While serving with his regiment as captain he was detailed for duty on General Fitz-Henry Warren's staff, and served for a time in 1864 as provost marshal general of Texas. Returning to his regiment, he was soon afterward appointed its surgeon, with rank of major, by Governor Stone, and on the removal of his regiment to the eastern department, was chosen one of the operating surgeons of the second division, nineteenth army corps. After the battle of Winchester he had charge of one of the largest hospitals in Winchester, Virginia. After rejoining his regiment he remained with it till it was mustered out. He was presented in the name of his regiment with a complete set of surgical instruments, on the several cases of which was engraved: Presented to Surgeon John C. Shrader, by the officers and men of the 22d regiment, Iowa Infantry; in appreciation of his skill as a physician and surgeon, and as a tribute of love and esteem from his comrades in arms. On leaving the service he entered upon the practice of his profession at Iowa City, where he has by successful practice made himself one of the leading physicians of the city, and has built up a large and remunerative business. Upon the establishment of the medical department of the University of Iowa he was appointed, by the board of regents, professor of obstetrics and diseases of women and children. He still holds his position in the department, which is becoming so justly popular in Iowa and the northwest. He is a physician to the board of health of Iowa City, member of the Iowa City Medical Society, the Iowa and Illinois Central District Medical Society, the Eastern Iowa District Medical Society, the Poweshiek County Medical Society and the Iowa State Medical Society. He has been twice married: on the 1st of January 1852, to Miss Lydia P. Evans, of Washington county, Ohio, who died in 1871. His second wife was Miss Maggie A. Carter, of Iowa City.
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