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PHOTOTHÈQUE HOMÉOPATHIQUE
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Dr Daniel
KARSNER (1842-1918)
Photo : collection Sylvain Cazalet
ZEALOUS in his profession, active in
promulgating the interests of the healing art and progressive in all that
the term implies, Daniel Karsner is numbered among the foremost medical men
of Philadelphia. In as great a degree as in other branches of Nineteenth
Century advancement, the study of medicine has been instrumental in bringing
about a notable improvement in all that concerns the health, comfort and
happiness of the people of this great Commonwealth; and among the brightest
sons of the Keystone State are men who have won, in the practice of
medicine, fame and sometimes fortune. Dr. Karsner is a Virginian by birth,
but, through long residence and fellow interests, he is a thorough
Pennsylvanian.
DANIEL KARSNER was born June 20, 1842, of
parents who were well known in Virginia and contiguous States. They were Dr.
Charles and L. M. R. Karsner, and when he was still quite young they removed
to Pennsylvania. He was educated at the High School of West Chester, from
which he graduated with honors. With this excellent foundation for a more
thorough educational training, he entered the Jefferson Medical College of
Philadelphia, where his close attention to his studies and his interest in
the clinics placed him in the front rank of students. He graduated from that
institution with honor just about the time that the rebellion broke out.
Shortly after receiving his diploma he joined the Fifth Corps Field
Hospital, on the Potomac, as an Assistant Surgeon, which commission he
creditably filled until the army disbanded. Returning to Philadelphia he
began the regular practice of his profession and for seven years devoted his
entire time and attention to it, meeting with great success. He then decided
upon taking up homeopathy as an extra course. Dr. Karsner became very much
impressed with the doctrines of the new school, and he finally entered
Hahnemann Medical College, of Philadelphia, from which, after a thorough
course of study, he graduated with honors. Within a short time he ceased
altogether the practice of allopathy and became an earnest homeopathist. He
was elected, in recognition of his services to the cause of the new school,
a member of the staff of Hahnemann College Hospital, and was also appointed
a member of the Advisory Board of the Hahnemann College. In these offices
Dr. Karsner met with the same honor and success that marked his career in
other fields. After occupying these positions one year his executive
qualities and his splendid command of business and professional details
gained him a place on the Board of Trustees, of which he is still a valued
member.
So great has Dr. Karsner’s interest been
in the affairs of the homeopathic branch of medicine that he has been
identified with many movements for the perpetuation and dissemination of its
doctrines. For a number of years he has been one of the most progressive and
active members of the State Homeopathic Society of Pennsylvania, and his
services have always been found of considerable value in the detail work of
that well known professional organization. He is also a member of the
American Institute of Homeopathy, as well as a member of the County Society
of Philadelphia. His connection with these societies has brought him into
considerable prominence, and from time to time the medical papers which he
has read at their meetings have exhibited a considerable degree of acumen
and a complete familiarity with the subjects in hand. In his private
practice, it is hardly necessary to say, Dr. Karsner has won a prominent
success. Socially he is a highly popular man and, as a member of several
leading clubs, he has demonstrated his fitness for participation in matters
other than those connected with his profession. Among the organizations of
which he is a member are the Philadelphia Country Club, the Philadelphia Art
Club, the Manheim Cricket Club and the Philadelphia Cricket Club.
In 1890, Dr. Karsner married Miss Caroline
M. Jeans, a charming Philadelphia belle, and a daughter of Isaac Jeans, one
of the city’s most widely known citizens and philanthropists. Mr. Jeans was
ranked among the wealthiest and most representative Philadelphians, and the
marriage was a notable one. Dr. Karsner is one of the best known physicians
in the Keystone State, and throughout Philadelphia, especially in
Germantown, where he has his largest clientele, his progressiveness is
appreciatively recognized. His house, at the corner of Tulpehocken and Green
streets, Germantown, is one of the largest and finest private residences in
that section of the city.
Obituary 1918
Dr. Daniel Karsner:
Dr. Daniel Karsner, a
widely known retired physician, died on February 8, at his home. 205 West
Tulpehocken Street, corner of Greene Street, after two days’ illness of
apoplexy. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Caroline M. Jeans. Dr.
Karsner was born in Virginia, June 20, 1842. He was educated at the West
Chester High School and was graduated from the Jefferson Medical College at
the beginning of the Civil War. He joined the Fifth Corps, Field Hospital as
assistant surgeon and remained in it until the war closed. He continued the
practice of his profession in Philadelphia till 1872, when he abandoned
allopathy, became a student of homeopathy and was graduated with honor at
the Hahnemann Medical College. When he resumed practice as a disciple of
Hahnemann, he became a member of the advisory board of Hahnemann College. He
was an active member of the County and State Homeopathic Societies and of
the American Institute of Homeopathy. Several years ago he retired from active
practice. He was a member of the Art, Philadelphia Country ; Philadelphia
Cricket and Germantown Cricket Clubs.
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