L.R. Lentz

L.R. Lentz, M.D., of Fleetwood, Pa., member of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Berks and Schuylkill counties, was born in South Whitehall township, Lehigh county, Pa., December 23d, 1836.

At the age of seventeen he was thrown upon his own resources, and a year afterward apprenticed himself to learn the trade of carriage building. In 1857, he established a carriage manufactory in the village of Fogelsville, Pa., and in consequence of his careful habits and patient industry, soon succeeded in securing a profitable business.

Being studiously inclined, all his leisure moments were spent in the perusal of useful books, and his eager thirst for all useful knowledge led to his reading several medical works obtained from the library of his friend, Dr. Helfrich, which resulted in the development of a fondness for the study of medicine, and his final determination to adopt it as his profession. Accordingly in the spring of 1862 he entered, as a student, the office of Dr. John H. Helfrich. During the winter of 1862-'63, he attended lectures at the New York Medical College, and the next season at the Homeopathic Medical College in the same city. In the winter of 1864-'65, how ever, he graduated from the Homoeopathic Medical College of Philadelphia, Pa., and immediately commenced practice in the village of Fleetwood, Berks county. Being the first homeopathic physician in that neighborhood, he had the usual strong prejudices to overcome; but, strict and careful attention to his business, the exercise of an excellent judgment, and a thorough knowledge of the specific action of the homoeopathic remedies, have enabled him to obtain a profitable and constantly increasing practice.

In 1869, Dr. Lentz married Miss Sarah M. Koch, the estimable daughter of Hon. Daniel Koch, formerly of Ausborn, Schuylkill county, Pa.

Source: Cleave's Biographical Cyclopaedia of Homeopathic Physicians and Surgeons. Philadelphia: Galaxy Publishing Company, 1873, p. 206.