Shelby County IA Archives Biographies.....Bisgard, James 1868 - 
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JAMES BISGARD, M. D. has been practicing medicine at Harlan in Shelby  County 
for over thirty-five years.  His name is an honored one in medical  circles 
there, and since a son has joined him it is probable that Harlan will  have the 
benefit of the special talents and skill of the Bisgard family for many  
years to come.

Doctor Bisgard is a native of Denmark, born in the City of Copenhagen,  April 
5, 1868.  He grew up there, attending common schools and completing a  
two-year literary course.  He was twenty years of age when he came to  America.  
Some relatives of the family had come out to Shelby County, Iowa,  and their 
presence here attracted him.  After coming to Iowa he began the  study of
medicine and in 1894 was graduated from the medical department of the 
University of Nebraska.  He immediately located in Harlan, and his  professional 
qualifications, his attractive personality and his reputation for  earnest and
serious work attracted to him a practice which has steadily grown  through all
the years. 
Doctor Bisgard has three times pursued  post-graduate courses in Chicago.

Three years ago, when his son returned from his studies in Europe, they  
established the Bisgard Hospital.  This is an institution that has meant a 
great deal to the people of Harlan, who are probably proud of having a modern,  
up-to-date hospital.  It is a ten-bed hospital, and is owned and operated  by
the Doctors Bisgard.  Doctor Bisgard also owns two farms, comprising  over 500 
acres, these being operated by tenants on the share basis.  He is  a member of 
the Shelby County, Iowa State and American Medical Associations, is  a 
Republican and a Knight Templar Mason, and he and his family attend the 
Congregational Church.

Doctor Bisgrd married Mary Mortenson, who was born in Shelby County.  They 
have three children:  J. Dewey, Mrs. L. C. White, of Harlan, and  Carl D., who 
graduated from medical college in 1928 and has received special  training in 
the Columbia Hospital of New York City.  J. Dewey Bisgard  graduated from 
Harvard Medical College in 1922, had two years of training as an  interne in the 
Massachusetts General Hospital and for six months was abroad  attending clinics 
and doing hospital work in Rome, Florence, Copenhagen,  Stockholm, Paris and 
other centers.  He then returned to Iowa and joined  his father in practice and 
in the management of the hospital.  Dr. Dewey  Bisgard married Miss Dowling, 
daughter of H. P. Dowling, president of the Shelby  County Savings Bank.


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