Bio of GIESSLER, Dr. Paul William (b.1885), 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

PAUL WILLIAM GIESSLER, M. D. - Vol III, pg 611-612
Dr. Paul W. Giessler, a native son of Minneapolis and a member of one of the old
and highly esteemed families of the city, has gained a well established position
as an orthopedic surgeon and is regarded as an able exponent of his profession.
He was born June 6, 1885, and his parents were George W. and Mary L. (Pauly)
Giessler, the latter a native of Minnesota. The father was of German birth and
became one of the early settlers of this state. The maternal grandfather, James
Pauly, was a pioneer of Minneapolis and one of its foremost citizens. For many
years he conducted the Pauly House and subsequently erected a modern hotel,
which is numbered among the substantial structures of the city.
Paul William Giessler attended the grammar schools and the Central high school
of Minneapolis, afterward becoming a student in the medical department of the
University of Minnesota, which conferred upon him the M. D. degree in 1913. He
then served an interneship at the City & County Hospital of St. Paul and also at
the State Hospital for Crippled Children at Phalen Park, thus putting his
theoretical knowledge to the practical test and gaining valuable experience. He
began his professional career in his native city and has taken postgraduate work
at Harvard University and also in New York city. In 1917 he enlisted for service
in the World war, joining the Medical Corps, and was commissioned captain. He
was sent overseas, being assigned to Base Hospital, No. 68, in France, where he
spent a year. He returned home in 1919 and has since specialized in orthopedic
surgery, in which he has acquired expert skill. He has built up a large practice
and is serving on the staffs of the University, General and Lymanhurst
hospitals, United States Public Health Service Hospital No. 68, the Dowling
School for Cripples, and the Shriners' Hospital.
Dr. Giessler is a member of the Kiwanis Club and the Automobile Club of
Minne­apolis. He is an earnest student of his profession and keeps in close
touch with the progress that is constantly being made along medical and surgical
lines through his identification with the Central States Orthopedic Society and
the Hennepin County, Southern Minnesota and Minnesota State Medical Societies,
while he is also a member of the Minneapolis Clinical Club. He ranks with the
leading orthopedic surgeons of the state and his fellow practitioners unite in
bearing testimony as to his high character and superior mind.