Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1901 — Oldest Physician. [ARTICLE]

Oldest Physician.

Gallus Ritter von Hockberger, Imperial aud royal counsellor of the Austrian court. Is believed to be the oldest duly qualified physician In the world. He was born on Oct 15, 1803. and Is therefore 1)7 years of age. He has been practicing for seventy-one years, and still gives medical advice. The way of the transgressor often leads to foreign shores.