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| Format | Manuscript |
|---|---|
| Creator | Dow, James R. |
| Title, Manuscript | Dr. S. W. Staads and Der Amerikanische Hausarzt |
| Extent of Work | 16 pages |
| Contents | Manuscript by James Dow --- Notes on homeopathic ingredients --- Photocopy of pages from "Some Quasi-Medical Institutions," Prepared and issued by the Propaganda Department of the Journal of the American Medical Association, 1923 --- Photocopies of three issues of "Der Amerikanische Hausarzt" by Dr. Staads: 1. Jahrg., No. 1, October 1894; 1. Jahrg., No. 2, Februar 1895; 1. Jahrg., No. 3, März 1895. |
| Abstract | Manuscript written from Dow's research into Dr. Soeren Wilhelm Staads and his journal of homeopathic medicine, Der Amerikanische Hausarzt. Soeren Wilhelm Staads was born March 13, 1869, in Flensburg, Germany, the youngest of five children, and he died in Los Angeles on September 20, 1951, of carcinoma of the stomach and liver. He arrived in the United States in 1892. Staads claimed to have studied medicine at the universities of Stuttgart and Copenhagen, as well as at Harvard, though there is no evidence to support these claims. Upon passing the state board examinations, he was licensed in January 1893 to practice medicine in the state of Iowa. He sent for his fiancee, Helene Wernst, who arrived in New York in May 1893. After settling first in the town of Essex, Iowa, they soon moved to Pomeroy, Iowa, where they stayed until 1898, when they relocated to Sioux City, Iowa. Here Dr. Staads established the Hillside Sanitarium, and practiced his chosen fields of homeopathy and surgery. Dr. Staads and his wife, who died in 1940, raised six children, with many descendants. |
| Donated by | James R. Dow |
| Call Number | PIA P2022-5 |
| MKI Terms | Medicine & Health/ Folks-medicine/ Homeopathy/ Staads, Soeren Wilhelm, 1897-1971/ German Americans -- Iowa |