Bio of EITEL, Dr. George Gotthilf (b.1858), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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GEORGE GOTTHILF EITEL, M. D. - Vol II, pg 176-179
For more than a decade Dr. George Gotthilf Eitel has been at the head of the
Eitel Hospital, of which he was the founder and promoter, and for twenty years
previous to this time he was connected with private practice of medicine and
surgery in Minneapolis and served on the surgical staffs of most of the
hospitals, his ability bringing him prominently to the front. Dr. Eitel is a
native son of Minnesota, his birth having occurred near Chaska, in Carver
county, September 28, 1858. He is a son of John G. and Mary (Ulmer) Eitel, who
were natives of Wurtemberg, Germany, but came to the new world in early life and
were married at Chaska. The father was among those who, following the
unsuccessful revolution in Germany in 1848, sought the liberty and opportunity
of the new world. The maternal grandfather was also active in promoting the
cause of liberty in Germany, being a colleague of Carl Schurz and others who
were seeking to establish a German republic. Several of Mr. Ulmer's associates'
came with him to the new world, among them being Mr. Eitel. The latter made two
trips to California, one in 1849 by way of the Isthmus route and the other after
becoming a resident of Minnesota. He spent several years on the coast and then
turned his attention to agricultural pursuits near Chaska, where he also owned
and operated a flour mill.
The family residence was upon a farm two and a half miles from the town and
there Mr. Eitel spent his youthful days, pursuing his early education in the
common schools and afterward enjoying the benefit of instruction in an academy
and with private tutors. He early determined upon the practice of medicine as
his life work and entered the Minnesota Hospital College, where he spent three
years and was graduated with the M. D. degree in 1888, being awarded first
prize. Not content with what he had already achieved in preparation for the
profession, he went abroad and studied for a year in clinics connected with the
University of Berlin. With his return to his native land he practiced for a year
and then resumed his studies in the medical department of the University of
Pennsylvania, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1891. In
that year he opened an office in Centralia, Washington, where he remained until
1893, when he came to Minneapolis and became the first assistant to Dr. F. A.
Dunsmoor but afterward again went abroad, where he further pursued his studies
until he won a degree from the University of Berlin in 1901. Steadily he has
advanced in his chosen calling, his knowledge and efficiency constantly
increasing, and in the year 1912 he saw the fulfillment of his hopes concerning
the establishment of a modern hospital. He long cherished this wish and in
March, 1911. work was begun on the institution, which opened its door in
January, 1912. The hospital has accommodation for one hundred and twenty-five
patients, with seventy-five nurses and twenty-five attendants in charge, and in
addition to Dr. Eitel there are five assistant and associate physicians and
surgeons. Dr. Eitel has himself specialized in surgery for a number of years
past and the hospital is largely given over to surgical work, although other
kinds of cases are at times received. The equipment of the hospital is
thoroughly modern and scientific in every particular and meets the highest
exactions and demands of the medical profession in every way. In addition to his
private practice Dr. Eitel has acted as consulting surgeon for the Soo Railroad
for a number of years. He is also well known through his numerous and valuable
contributions to the literature of the profession, his authorship being seen in
many articles that have appeared in the leading medical journals of the country.
On the 1st of February, 1908, Dr. Eitel was united in marriage to Miss Jeannette
E. Larsen of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and they have a wide circle of friends
in this city. The hospitality of their own home is greatly enjoyed by those who
know them. The Doctor has attained high rank in Masonry, having become a Knight
Templar and Scottish Rite Mason and also a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. While a
most loyal follower of the teachings and purposes of the craft, he gives the
greater part of his time and attention, however, to his professional interests
and duties and is identified with the leading medical and surgical societies,
through the proceedings of which, as well as through private study and research,
he keeps in touch with the trend of modern professional thought and practice.