Burtis T. Green, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 924-927 in "History of Dakota 
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				BURTIS T. GREEN, M. D. 

	Dr. Burtis T. Green, one of the foremost physicians and surgeons 
of eastern South Dakota, practicing in Brookings, was born in Clinton 
county, Iowa, April 6, 1867, a son of William H. and Margaret (Argo) 
Green, both of whom were natives of Ohio. They were married, however, 
in Iowa, to which state they had removed with their parents in 
childhood. William H. Green engaged in farming in Clinton county and 
subsequently removed to Lyon county, taking up his abode there about 
1872. He is now living retired in Little Rock, Iowa. 

	Dr. Burtis T. Green spent his youthful days under the parental 
roof and, having mastered the elementary branches of learning, 
continued his education in the Sibley (Ia.) high school and in the Iowa 
State College at Ames, from which he was graduated with the degree of 
Bachelor of Science in the class of 1889. The following year he 
returned to that institution for post-graduate work. In 1887 he began 
teaching in the country schools and in 1891 he was engaged as a teacher 
in the Morningside College at Sioux City. In 1892-3 he was principal of 
the Normal School at Fort Dodge and was superintendent of the public 
schools of Sibley from 1894 until 1897, inclusive. Through the two 
succeeding years he was superintendent of the public schools of 
Hampton, Iowa. His educational work was largely along scientific lines. 
He specialized in the studies of physiology, anatomy, chemistry and 
biology and in the course of his work as a teacher he began reading 
medicine until ultimately he determined to devote his life to its 
practice. Accordingly, in the fall of 1899 he entered the Hahnemann 
Medical College of Chicago and during the course of his studies in that 
institution he served as instructor in certain branches. He was 
graduated with the class of 1903 and then located for practice in 
Goldfield, Iowa, where he remained, however, for only a few months. In 
January, 1904, he came to Brookings, South Dakota, and in the 
intervening period of eleven years has built up an extensive practice. 
His ability is widely recognized not only by his patients but by the 
profession as well and he is spoken of in terms of high regard by 
fellow practitioners. 

	In 1893 Dr. Green was united in marriage to Miss Anna J. Gardner, 
of Storm Lake, Iowa, a daughter of the Rev. J. J. Gardner, a well known 
Methodist divine of that state Dr. and Mrs. Green have become parents 
of a daughter, Carol. 

	Dr. Green is a member of Brookings Lodge, No. 40, I. O. O. F., 
and also of the Brookings Commercial Chub. His other affiliations are 
directly in the path of his profession. In addition to his private 
practice be is serving as United States pension examiner and in the 
summer of 1914 he took a clinical tour of Europe and was in London at 
the time of the outbreak of the war, baying previously visited leading 
clinics on the continent. He is a member of the Third District Medical 
Society, the Sioux Valley Medical Society, the South Dakota State 
Medical Society, is a fellow of the American Medical Association and a 
member of the Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America. He is 
constantly reaching out along the lines of advancement, following in 
those paths where scientific investigation has pointed out the way. His 
professional knowledge is comprehensive and exact and his opinions are 
largely accepted as authority not only by the laity but also by members 
of the profession in his section of the state.