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WILLIAM H. KASTEN, M. D., is a fine representative of the young physicians of Carbon County who are successfully engaged in the practice of their noble calling. He is a young gentleman of marked enterprise and much ability, and an honorable and remunerative career appears to lie before him in the field of medicine. He is also the proprietor of a fine drug Store in Nesquehoning, which he is carrying on in connection with his practice. It is fully stocked with all kinds of medicines, and such other articles as are usually found in a first-class establishment of the kind. He was born September 4, 1871, in East Mauch Chunk, and is the son of Frederick and Matilda Kasten, the former of whom is deceased, while his mother is at present residing in East Mauch Chunk.

The early years of Dr. Kasten’s life were spent in his native county, and when a boy he began clerking in a drug store for J. M. Hess. He was given the advantage of a liberal education, and having a pronounced taste for the medical profession, began to prepare himself when quite young for his chosen calling. After reading medicine for a time under the tutelage of Dr. L. W. Moyer, he entered Jefferson Medical College, from which institution he graduated with honor in May, 1893. He then engaged in practice for a short time with his former instructor, but in July, 1893, located in this place, and is carrying on his practice alone. He occupies a well appointed office, and enjoys a very fair patronage.

Dr. Kasten is a member of the Lehigh Valley Medical Society, also of the Carbon County Society. In politics he is an ardent Republican, and is influential in the political life of the community. Religiously he is a Lutheran and a member of the church of that denomination.