Edward Raymond Kramer, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1007-1008 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and 
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				EDWARD RAYMOND KRAMER, M. D. 

	Dr. Edward Raymond Kramer is engaged in the practice of medicine 
and surgery at Letcher and his ability has brought him to the front 
among the representatives of the profession in his part of the state. 
This is not because nature has endowed him with unusual qualities but 
because he has persistently and energetically applied himself to the 
mastery of the principles of medicine and has been most careful in 
applying those principles to the needs of suffering humanity. He is yet 
a young man but has already achieved a success that many an older 
physician might well envy. His birth occurred at Preston, Minnesota, 
November 24, 1886, his parents being John Louis and Mary R. (Miller) 
Kramer. The father was a native of Germany and after coming to the new 
world engaged in the manufacture of wagons at Preston, Minnesota, where 
his death occurred in 1914 when he had reached the age of seventy 
years. 

	Dr. Kramer acquired his elementary education in Preston, where he 
attended the public schools, and later he took up the study of classics 
in the University of Minnesota, thus acquiring broad general knowledge 
to serve as the foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of 
professional learning. Entering the Jefferson Medical College at 
Philadelphia, he was graduated therefrom with the class of 1910, 
winning the degree of M. D. Upon his return to his native state he 
practiced for a short time at Bigelow, followed by a half year's 
residence at Scotland, South Dakota. In June, 1911, he removed to 
Letcher and in the intervening years has built up a large practice 
scarcely surpassed in extent or importance by that of any physician in 
his section of the state. 

	Dr. Kramer is a patron of outdoor sports, in which he engages 
when opportunity offers. He holds membership in the Lutheran church and 
politically he is independent, voting as his judgment dictates without 
regard to party ties. Along strictly professional lines his association 
is with the Sioux Valley Medical Society, the Mitchell District Medical 
Society, the South Dakota Medical Association and the American Medical 
Association, and through the work done by those organizations he keeps 
in touch with the onward trend of thought and with the advanced methods 
of practice that have to do with the restoration of health. He is a 
member of the county board of health and is local health officer, and 
he is also a member of the Counties Board of Health Association, a 
state organization. All of his professional duties are conscientiously 
performed and his labors bring excellent results.