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DAVID H. CARSON, M. D., a distinguished physician of Grand Island, specializes in the treatment of the eye, ear, nose and throat, has won an enviable reputation with the public as with his professional colleagues. For the past ten years he has successfully practiced his profession in this city.

Dr. Carson was born at High Forest, Minnesota, December 21, 1876, a son of J. A. and Nettie (Hart) Carson, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Minnesota. They are residents of Wolsey, South Dakota, where they settled in 1883, and until he retired the father was engaged in mercantile pursuits.

Dr. Carson spent his boyhood days in Minnesota and South Dakota, acquiring his early education in the public schools of Wolsey, South Dakota. He then entered the State University of South Dakota, at Vermillion, where he pursued a scientific course receiving the B. S. degree in 1900. Deciding upon a medical career he marticulated at the John A. Creighton Medical College at Omaha, Nebraska, graduating with the degree of M. D. in 1905. For one year he served as interne in Saint Joseph's Hospital, Omaha, and from there located for the practice of medicine at Dietz, Wyoming, where he remained two and a half years. Subsequently he opened an office at Council Bluffs, engaging in practice for two and a half years but on the 10th of April, 1912, came to Grand Island, where he has continued to the present time, having formed a partnership with Dr. J. E. Higgins, under the firm name of Higgins and Carson. Both physicians are specialists in eye, ear, nose and throat diagnosis and treatment of that nature.

Dr. Carson united in marriage with Miss Gertrude Smith, a native of Nebraska, a daughter of George M. and Mary (Reynolds) Smith who are now residents of Hershey, Nebraska.

Dr. Carson and his wife are members of the Methodist church. In politics the doctor is a Republican and at the present time is a member of the city board of health. His professional associations are with the State and County Medical Associations and he has served as president of the latter. For two years he was secretary of the Council Bluffs Medical Society. He is a member of the medical staff of St. Francis Hospital of Grand Island and holds an enviable position as a physician. In matters of citizenship he measures up to the full standard.

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