Ancil Martin, M.D.

MARTIN, MCKINZIE, DALY, TALBOT

Posted By: Sharyl Ferrall (email)
Date: 10/30/2005 at 05:35:35

Ancil Martin, M.D.
In these days it is an indisputable fact that the tendency of medical and surgical research is turned toward specialization. It would be absurd to say that a physician will not naturally take a deeper interest in one branch of his practice than another, or that, taking such an interest, he will not devote more attention to the study of that branch than to the study of the others. He may not advertise himself as a specialist, but the people soon find out that he is and he is employed because he is. This inclination of mind led Dr. Ancil Martin to give special study to eye, ear, throat and lung trouble, and as a consequence he is sought by those thus afflicted more often, perhaps, than many other physicians, though he is not an old physician and has not been long in practice here.

He was born in Delaware County, Iowa, March 11, 1861, in the town of Delhi, and is a son of Ancil and Anna (McKinzie) Martin, the former a native of New York and the latter of Canada. The father was a contractor and early moved to Iowa, where he resided many years. Later he moved to Los Angeles, California, and resides in that city at the present time.

Ancil Martin, Jr., grew to manhood in his native county and received his education at Beloit, Wisconsin, and later at Ann Arbor, Michigan. He began the study of medicine and graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1885. Following this he located in Pittsburg, Penn., and remained there one year as assistant to Dr. W.H. Daly. From there he went to Marshalltown, Iowa, practiced there six years, and while there was president of the Iowa Medical Society. He then took a post-graduate course in New York City, and in 1892 came to Phoenix, Arizona, where he has built up a good practice. He has been president of the County Medical Society and also the Territorial Society. Socially he is a Knight Templar Mason. The Doctor was married November 12, 1895, to Miss Mariam Talbot, a native of Chicago, Illinois.
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-source:
A Historical and biographical record of the territory of Arizona; Chicago. McFarland & Poole. 1896; Chapter XXVII, pg 603-604

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