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Source: The Lewis Publishing Co., Vol II, page 12-13 , 1923
Author: The History of Florida: Past & Present

        PULESTON, M. D., FRED While the permanent and winter residents of 
Daytona Beach have in the aggregate represented all sections of the world, no 
one citizen is more thoroughly cosmopolitan and a more interesting man of the 
world than Dr. FRED PULESTON, an accomplished physician and surgeon and head of 
the Puleston Sanitarium of that city. Anything like an adequate account of 
Doctor Puleston's career would require at least a volume, and his life's 
experiences can only be briefly suggested here.
	He was born in London, England, November 22, 1864, son of WILLIAM and 
JANE (THOMPSON) PULESTON. His father was a merchant of London and Manchester, 
and had extensive relations with the oriental trade. FRED PULESTON, one of a 
family of three sons and five daughters, acquired his education at Manchester, 
and almost immediately after leaving school he began satisfying a taste for 
travel and experience which took him to some of the most remote corners of the 
globe. His first coming to the United States was in 1881. He spent something 
over a year in Southwestern Texas, around San Antonio and Luling, where he was 
on cattle ranches. He then went back to England, and subsequent journeys took 
him over France, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Canary Islands, Monaco, Tangier, 
Egypt and the Hebrides Islands. Doctor Puleston is perhaps the only American 
who has an intimate knowledge of the famous Congo district of Africa. Moreover, 
he is probably the last survivor of the associates of Stanley in the famous 
Stanley expedition. During his experiences in Africa he walked over 6,000 miles 
in the country drained by the Congo. While there he learned to speak the 
language of the natives.
	In subsequent years Doctor Puleston. again came to America, took up the 
study of medicine, graduated from the Iowa State University in 1901, and was 
engaged in the practice of his profession at Monticello, Iowa, until 1916. In 
that year he came to Daytona Beach in search of relief from asthma, and has 
found complete cure here. He then resumed private practice, and built the 
sanitarium which bears his name, where he dis- charges his responsibilities as 
a skilled physician and surgeon.
	In 1916 Doctor Puleston married RUBY JOHNSTON. He is a Knight of 
Pythias and a democrat, is a believer in the fundamental truth of religion. and 
throughout his life of varied experiences he has always aimed to play the game 
squarely whether he was hunting big game in Africa or associating with the 
Congo savages. He is a thorough American. Doctor Puleston has a fluent command 
of several languages. He is one of the few men who thoroughly appreciate the 
environment and the spirit of Kipling, who is his favorite author.


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