HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes,
Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, Vol. III,
p. 1184.  [Jefferson County]

CARL WEIDNER, M. D.--Nowhere are men so thoroughly grounded in the
principles of education and in science generally as in the great German
empire; and the educated German is the synonym of the well-rounded, broad
cultured man, who may be depended upon to execute affairs of great
importance requiring powers of mind and persistence.  Dr. Weidner in large
measure meets all of the requirements and is regarded by many as an ideal
physician.  Certainly if patronage is any criterion of ability, he ranks
high among the leading physicians in Louisville, where he is now enjoying a
large and lucrative practice.
     Dr. Carl Weidner is a native of Germany, born on the 12th day of
September, 1857, at Hofgeismar, Hess-Nassau.  He is the son of Jacob
Weidner, who was a native of the above place, and where for many years he
was engaged in cabinet and organ making, in which line he not only was a
finished mechanic but an artist.  The Doctor was reared in his native
town, where he attended the gymnasium or high school.  After leaving that
school he took up the study of pharmacy, as a preparation for the medical
profession.  He came to the United States in 1874, coming directly to
Louisville, Kentucky, where he had friends from the old country.  In that
city he engaged in the drug business until 1879, when he commenced the
Kentucky School of Medicine at Louisville, where he was graduated in 1881
with the degree of M.D.  The Doctor next went to Europe and spent a year
and a half in post graduate medical study at the University of Strassburg.
Having thus splendidly equipped himself for his future life work, he
returned to Louisville and immediately entered into the practice of
medicine, in which he has been engaged ever since.  He is well grounded
in his profession, and is endowed by nature with those characteristics that
particularly fit him for the work of this profession, which is the noblest
of all.  For years he was connected with the corps of instructors of the
Kentucky School of Medicine, filling different chairs, among them those of
physiology, pathology, bacteriology and clinical medicine, and was the
first instructor to give a systematic course in histology and bacteriology
in Louisville.  Since the merger of the medical colleges, Dr. Weidner has
occupied the chair of hygiene and Preventive Medicine.  He has also been
for many years connected with the different Louisville hospitals, and
has taken great interest in those lines of professional work.
     Dr. Weidner is a member of the Jefferson County Medical Society, the
Kentucky State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.  He
is a valued member of the Masonic order, belonging to Aurora Lodge, No.
633, F. & A. M.  The Doctor has been married twice.  By his first marriage
there are four children:  Carl Jacob, M.D., graduated from the medical
department of the University of Louisville, served as house surgeon of
St. Anthony's Hospital and is now in practice with his father.  The second
child is Teresa, the third, Walter and the fourth is Elise.  The Doctor's
second marriage was to Mamie, the daughter of William Lehr, a well-known
painting contractor of Louisville, and to them two children have been
born: Margaret and Garland.  Dr. Weidner undoubtedly deserves his success,
for while the physician occupies a foremost place among the learned
professions, and the rewards for a successful career in this line are
sufficient to attract an ever increasing number of the ambitious young men
of the country, still the thorns are numerous among the roses and the
successful practitioner has none of the ease which accompanies many of the
professions, and no reward are too great for the years of preparatory
study, the perseverance required to get one into a good practice and the
actual hardships which are endured in journeying in cold and rain to the
patients far and near.  Dr. Weidner has worked his way upward until he
has found his level at the top.

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