Cleave’s
Biographical Cyclopædia of
Homœopathic Physicians and Surgeons
By Egbert Cleave
Presented by Sylvain Cazalet
ISHOP,
ROBERT S., M. D., of Medina, N. Y., was born in Paris, Oneida
county, N. Y., November 22d, 1831, of English ancestry. After enjoying
the benefit of home institutions, he entered, in his sixteenth year,
Whitestown Seminary, at Whitestown, N. Y. ; at eighteen, Seminary
at Cazenovia, N. Y. After leaving that school, he engaged in teaching
for several years, and in mercantile pursuits, and graduated from the
Western Homœopathic Medical College in 1861. He then became a partner
with Dr. D. F. Bishop, of Lockport, N. Y., for two years, when, at the
urgent request of friends, he located, in 1863, at Chittenango, Madison
county, N. Y. There he was the pioneer of homœopathy, and attained a
large and very valuable practice. Again, at the urgent solicitation of
his friends, he removed to Medina, Orleans county, N. Y., in April,
1865, to occupy the field made vacant by the death of Dr. Stebbins. Here
he encountered a violent allopathic opposition, but by his prudence,
tact and ability has overcome it all, and placed homœopathy upon a
solid basis in that vicinity.Early in business life
he was married to Miss Mary L. Hutchins, of Cazenovia, N. Y. In 1867, he
became a member of the New York State Homœopathic Medical Society. In
1869, he was a member of the American Institute of Homœopathy, and has
been Secretary and Treasurer of Niagara and Orleans County Homœopathic
Medical Society since its organization.Dr. Bishop, in his
professional career, has a character for gentleness in his treatment of
his patients, while his quick eye and unerring judgment have contributed
largely to his success in practice. By faithfulness in professional
duties, and by his weight of character, he has won an exceptionally
large practice, and a high place in public esteem throughout the County
of Orleans.Source
: Cleave’s Biographical Cyclopædia of Homœopathic Physicians and
Surgeons By Egbert Cleave