OSTRANDER WALTER McJ. – Biographies – History of Homeopathy

STRANDER WALTER McJ., M. D., of Pittston, Pa., was born in New Brunswick, N. J., August 4th, 1839. His
mother was Mrs. Julia Ann Ostrander, and he is the grandson of Peter Van Loon, who, emigrating from Holland to America, located with others of
Knickerbocker fame at Albany, N. Y. Up to his fifteenth year, he was educated at the day schools in Albany, and then completed his English education at
Carlisle Seminary, Schoharie county, N. Y., Woodbridge, N. J., and Stamford, Conn. After leaving school, he went to New York city, and entered the
mercantile business, and in a short time the drug business. He then removed to Philadelphia, where he became a dentist, having studied under Drs. David
H. Goodwillie, and J. Warner Knox.

     After a few years of practice, he commenced the study of medicine, and, being duly prepared, he entered
the Homœopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1864. This last step was taken for the purpose of becoming a better dentist ;
since his graduation he has confined himself wholly to the practice of dentistry, with the exception of consultations and an office practice. From
Pennsylvania he went to New York, from thence to Danville, Pa., and then removed to Pittston, Pa., where he now resides.

Source : Cleave’s Biographical Cyclopædia of Homœopathic Physicians and Surgeons By
Egbert Cleave