One document that very well summarizesM Stanislaus von Martinitz' time in Minnesota was published in a 1951 Journal of the Minnesota State Medical Association article titled "History of Medicine in Minnesota":
"St. V. Martinitz, native of Bohemia, was in southern Minnesota in the eighteen seventies and perhaps longer. For a few months in 1874 he was in Owatonna, Steele County. Beginning in August, 1874, the newspapers of Rochester, Olmsted County, published his professional card, “Eclectic physician, office over Central Meat Market. County and city practice,” and various notes about his activities. His practice extended as far as Rock Dell to the west and Greenwood Prairie to the east; his hazardous experiences with floods in the Zumbro River and its tributaries, and with storms, were those of his contemporaries
"When in 1878 Dr. Martinitz with his wife spent several months in Europe visiting Bohemia, studying in Vienna, Munich and Paris, his practice was conducted by young Dr. Seth Scott Bishop, newly arrived in Rochester from Fond du Fac, Wisconsin
"In January, 1879, Dr. Martinitz removed from Rochester to Northfield, Rice County. In 1893 a letter came from him, then practicing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, under the “time act” of that state, informing a Rochester resident that he had been appointed a member of the “Official Council of the World’s Congress.” In 1896 he was listed in a four state medical directory as of Cedar Rapids; his name did not appear in the first edition (1906) of the directory of the American Medical Association or in later editions."
Rochester, Minnesota, as you might know, is home to the Mayo Clinic. Although the Clinic didn't formally come into being until after Stanislaus left town, he would have certainly known the Mayo brothers and their father, William Worrall Mayo.
In my next email, I'll send documents relating to his time in Grand Forks, Dakota Territory.
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Paul
I want to learn more about him.
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ReplyDeleteHe was a count, but nothing was mentioned in the family about it. I just saw the newspaper article about it and my grandmother always said "our family was thrown out of the window" (defenestrated) and that we were related to the Kaiser ..Queen Victoria's nephew..... a Saxe Coberg Goetha the British royal families' last name before changing it to Windsor. I just want to see it in a professional document, before making official assertions.
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother's cousin Franz, was married to a princesses from Poland, but directly related to Marie Antoinette, would certainly be interesting to know about.
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