Physician. Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Dr. Starkloff was trained for the medical profession in the famous schools of Tuebingen, Heidelberg and Prague and received his doctor's degree in 1852. That same year he came to the United States, and, after stopping a short time in New York City, went to California in the employ of the American Fur Company as a surgeon. Later he was connected with the United States Army as a contract surgeon. When this connection ended he went to Galesburg, Illinois, where he was engaged in the practice of his profession until the beginning of the Civil War. In 1861 he tendered his services to the government and was commissioned surgeon of the Forty-third Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Before the war ended he became medical director of the First Division of the Seventh Arm Corps. After being mustered out of the military service, he came to St. Louis and resumed his practice and also became the surgeon at Jefferson Barracks. In 1885 he resigned the position and founded the Orthopedic Institute of St. Louis. President Benjamin Harrison appointed him consul at Bremen, Germany, a position he held until 1894. During the cholera epidemic at Hamburg in 1893, he gained special distinction by inaugurating sanitary measures which prevented the spread of the disease. At the expiration of the term of service as consul, he returned to the United States and became one of the most distinguished practitioners in the west, filling also the chair of orthopedic surgery in the Marion Sims College of Medicine and Surgery. He was one of the highest-ranking medical educators in the country. His interest in educational affairs extended to the public schools of St. Louis and he served as a public school director for more than fifteen years. His daughter was Irma Louise Starkloff Rombauer, author of "The Joy of Cooking."