Dr. Corbus is one of the distinguished physicians of Illinois, his skill
and ability winning him a marked prestige as a representative of the medical
fraternity. In the progress that has been made in the science of medicine
during his connection therewith is found an incentive for renewed effort,
becoming familiar with all the discoveries and theories advanced by members
of the profession. His knowledge of medicine is broad and comprehensive, and
in its application to the needs of suffering humanity he has won the success
that numbers him among the leading practitioners in his section of the
state. He has recently been appointed the superintendent of the Kankakee
Insane Asylum, a position which he is fully competent to fill.
Dr.
Corbus was born in Holmes county, Ohio, in 1833, and after completing his
literary education he determined to devote his energies to the practice of
medicine. To this end he entered the Western Reserve Medical College, of
Cleveland, Ohio, and was graduated in that institution with the degree of M.
D. In 1855 he came to Illinois, where he has since engaged in successful
practice. At the outbreak of the civil war he put aside all personal
considerations and responded to the country's call for volunteers, being
made assistant surgeon of the Seventy-fifth Illinois Infantry. Subsequently
he was promoted to the rank of surgeon, but was unable to remain at the
front throughout the four years of the civil strife, owing to ill health.
Returning to the north, he resumed the private practice of medicine
in Illinois, and as a physician and surgeon ranked second to but a few of
the practitioners of the Prairie state. For years he was the president of
the state board of charities, and was retained in that office by every
governor except Altgeld since his appointment to the position by Governor
Beveridge. For fifteen years he was a United States medical examiner, his
thorough knowledge of medicine and anatomy well qualifying him to discharge
the duties devolving upon him in that office.
Dr. Corbus is a man of
broad general knowledge and is a prominent and influential member of the
Republican party. For four years he served as a member of the Republican
state central committee, and at all times has labored earnestly for the
advancement of the welfare and success of his party. As a Knight Templar
Mason he is very prominent in Masonic circles, and as a gentleman of genuine
worth and genial manner is highly esteemed in social circles.
He has
been twice married. His first wife died in 1890, and in 1892 he married Mrs.
Helen Ruggles.
Extracted 13 Jun 2019 by Norma Hass from Biographical and Genealogical Record of LaSalle County, Illinois, published in 1900, volume 2, pages 671-672.
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