Background
Hunt was born in Herkimer County, New York, in 1828.
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Robert Menzo Hunt
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He attended the common schools, and later worked in a machine shop.
Career
Hunt was the first physician to practice medicine in Nevada City. Foreign 44 years, he served as county physician of Nevada County, superintending the management of the county hospital. He also worked with a surveyor for three years.
Immediately upon graduation, in 1850, he decided to go to California via the Isthmus of Panama, and upon arriving in California, he headed for the mines on an ox team from Sacramento to Nevada City, arriving about May 1, 1850.
He was engaged in mining and lumbering for about two years, and then went into the drug store business. Since 1853, Hunt was in active practice.
He was county physician from 1859, superintending the management of the Nevada County Hospital. During his long years of service he "officiated" at 2,800 cases of confinement.
Membership
He was a charter member of the California Medical Society.
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American