Biographical Sketches

LEWIS A. VAWTER

DR. LEWIS A. VAWTER located at Boulder in 1893 after practicing for some time at Radersburg, where he applied for a certificate to practice in 1890.  He was born in 1839 and graduated from the Indiana Eclectic College of Medicine, Indianapolis, in 1881.  He practiced in the East for a while before moving to Radersburg.  In spite of his unorthodox training, he was highly respected by his fellow physicians and made a successful career in Boulder, the county seat of Jefferson County.  He was a member of the Montana Medical Association.

Source: Transcription from the book, Medicine in the Making of Montana, by Paul C. Phillips, published in 1962; located on the website, Hathitrust Digital Library (http://www.hathitrust.org), accessed 15 January 2025.

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