This microscope was
purchased from a descendant of the original owner who
supplied the information that this microscope was the
property of the physician Dr. George Minges (1855-1926)
of Dubuque, Iowa.
Dr. George Minges was a
physician and surgeon located at 989 Clay street,
Dubuque Iowa. He was a native of that city and was born
on July 8, 1855. He attended school in Dubuque and
continued his education in Europe, mostly in Vienna. He
studied medicine and graduated from the Bellevue
Medical College in New York in 1878. He then completed
his medical education in Europe after which, he began
the practice of his profession in Dubuque in September,
1879. He was a member and president of the Dubuque
Medical Society. He died in 1926 at age 71 from
tuberculosis, which is ironic given that he published
in 1905 a twelve page pamplet entitled "The Spread
and Prevention of Tuberculosis." See
the obituary Dr. George Minges.
Some publications
by Dr. George Minges, MD:
A Case of
Delivery of Brow Presentation, The American Journal of
Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children,
18, 1135,1885
Primary
Malignant Disease of the Kidney, Journal of the
American Medical Association, 4, 650,
1885
A Case of
Keliod of the Male Urethra, The Medical and surgical
reporter, 67, 329, 1892
Medicine
in Shakespeare, St. Louis Clinique: a Monthly Journal
of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, 17,
263, 1904