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John Martin Kalberlahn clippings, 1923-1943
- Title
- John Martin Kalberlahn clippings, 1923-1943
- Identifier
- P1433
- Date
- 1923-1943
- Description
- Copies of biographical data from medical and Moravian Church records concerning "the first medical practitioner in America." Kolberlahn came from Trondheim, but became affiliated with the Moravian Church while living in Denmark in 1744. In 1753 he emigrated to a new colony of that church in Bethabara, North Carolina, where he served as a physician. He died during a typhoid epidemic in 1759. Also included, "John Martin Kalberlahn," by Knut Gjerset and Ludvig Hektoen. Offprint from the Bulletin of the Society of Medical History of Chicago, December, 1924, volume 3, pages 308-316. A related account is found in the Elwin Rogers Papers, P 1438.
- Location: 12/A/2
- Extent
- 1 folder
- Type
- Clippings
Collection
Citation
“John Martin Kalberlahn clippings, 1923-1943,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10814.