BIO: George W. BOTELER, M.D., Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA

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Medical Men of Franklin County, 1750-1925 by Ambrose Watts Thrush, M.D.;
Chambersburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Franklin County, Page 174-175
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GEORGE W. BOTELER, M. D.
1839-1898

  George W. Boteler was born in 1839 in Brownsville, Washington County, Md., and 
died in 1898 in York, Pennsylvania.  He read medicine with Dr. Jos. Cluggett, 
Baltimore, and was graduated M. D. in 1865, University of Maryland.  He began 
the practice of medicine in his native county.

  About 1869 he removed to Myersville, Frederick County, Maryland, and in 1876 
he located in Waynesboro, where he followed his profession until 1897 when he 
removed to York, Pennsylvania, and died there about one year later.

  Dr. Boteler served in the Confederate Army under General Lee.  For some years 
he specialized in the treatment of cancer by the use of escharotics and did 
considerable work in this line.  He was admitted to the Medical Society in 1886 
and was a member for several years.

  Dr. Boteler was twice married, first to Miss Carter of Myersdale and second to 
Miss Emma Rohrer of Waynesboro.