Cleave’s
Biographical Cyclopædia of
Homœopathic Physicians and Surgeons
By Egbert Cleave
Presented by Sylvain Cazalet
TEVENS,
GRENVILLE SMITH, M. D., of Providence, R. I., was born in Raynham,
Mass., July 10th, 1829. He was sent to school at an early age, and
during his whole rudimentary course, he manifested that eagerness for
study, and desire to attain knowledge, which has been a marked
characteristic with him through life. At the age of sixteen he had
attained a remarkable degree of proficiency in the common English
branches, and at that time, -1845,- he entered upon an academic course
of study, preparatory to a collegiate course : having thus early,
the medical profession as his ultimate object. After three most
profitable years engaged in this course ; in 1848, he entered Brown
University, at Providence, R. I., from which he graduated in 1852.
During his college vacations he pursued his preliminary medical studies,
in the office of Drs. Barrows and Graves, of Taunton, Mass. In
September, of the year of his graduation from the university, he entered
Dr. Okie’s office in Providence. The following year, -1853,- he attended
his first course of medical lectures in Pittsfield, Mass. He afterwards
attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in New York city,
where, in 1854, he graduated. In July of the same year, during the
prevalence of the great cholera epidemic, he went to Chicago, Ills.
After a brief residence of three weeks in the “Garden City,”
he was taken ill, and acting tinder advice, he immediately returned
east. In August, 1854, he opened an office in Providence, R. I., and
commenced practice. He soon gained an excellent reputation for his
professional skill, and in a -short time he was in the enjoyment of a
fine practice and the confidence and esteem of his patrons. For thirteen
years he continued uninteruptedly in the performance of his professional
duties, which were extremely arduous, and had had a marked effect upon
his health ; and in consequence, in 1867, rest and recuperation
became an imperative necessity, and he retired to his farm, for the
space of two years. In 1869, he returned to Providence, and resumed the
duties of his profession with restored health and unimpaired energies.
Since which time he has been in full practice, with increasing
prosperity and success.Source
: Cleave’s Biographical Cyclopædia of Homœopathic Physicians and
Surgeons By Egbert Cleave