David W. Steiner, M.D.
David W. Steiner, M.D., who is associated with his two brothers, Dr. Isaac F. and Dr. Oliver S. Steiner, in the practice of medicine and surgery, at Lima, is one of the eminent men in his profession in this section of the State. He was born near Bluffton, in Putnam County, Ohio, and is a son ofRev. Isaac and Mary Paulina (Rothen) Steiner.
The mother of Dr. Steiner was a daughter of Rev. David Rothen. Rev. Isaac Steiner, the father, was a minister of the Church of God and was actively engaged in ministerial work until his death. He owned a farm in Putnam County, where his children were reared.
Dr. David W. Steiner was educated primarily in the district schools and later entered the Northern Ohio University, where he was graduated with the degree of M. A., in 1880. He then became a student in the medical department of the University of Michigan, graduating in 1883, and becoming assistant professor of physiology and also an interne in the university hospital, where he remained until 1886. On January 10, 1887, he located for practice at Lima, where he has become one of the leading men of his profession. In 1897, a brother, Dr. Isaac Franklin Steiner, became associated with him, and in 1901 a second brother, Dr. Oliver S. Steiner, became a member of the firm. They are located in the Steiner Building at No. 123 North Elizabeth Street, which they built in 1903. It was erected mainly as an office building and the Drs. Steiner occupy the first floor. The upper stories are rented as apartments. The structure is one of the finest in Lima, four stories high, with marble floors, and is finished in oak. It is modern throughout.
Dr. David W. Steiner is consulting physician in the Lima Hospital and also controls a large and lucrative practice. He is examiner for a number of the leading insurance companies, these including the New York Mutual Life, Michigan Mutual Life, Home Life, of New York, and John Hancock Mutual Life. He is a member of the Ohio State and the Allen County medical societies and of the Northwestern Ohio and the American medical associations.