From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 585.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


ZADOC MASTERS

Zadoc Masters, physician and surgeon, practiced at Elizabethtown, now 
Moundsville, W.Va., from about  1805 to about 1845.  During this time 
he was once elected sheriff of Ohio county, which then included the 
county of Marshall, after which time he removed to Paducah, Ky.  He 
enjoyed the confidence and esteem of the community in which he lived. 
He experienced great hardships in his efforts to reach his patients, 
frequently riding forty to fifty miles on horseback, over hill and 
dale, by bridle paths, through woods, frequently swimming his horse 
across swollen streams, braving winter's blasts, and old Sol's 
scorching rays in his efforts to render aid to suffering humanity.  
His charges were moderate, and being a bad collector, he remained as 
he began, poor.  His method of treating diseases was antiphlogistic - 
calomel was his sheet anchor.  His lancet was kept sharp, and used 
for almost all ills and injuries.


(Linda Fluharty)