Perhaps no one in the state of Connecticut has done more to spread a knowledge of the laws of health and of sanitation among the Jewish people than Dr. David Bercinsky. He has worked along educational lines and the results which he has accomplished are almost marvelous. He was born in Pinsk, Russia, February 25, 1866, a son of Michael and Enta Bercinsky, both of whom were also natives of Russia, where they spent their entire lives. The father was a lawyer and devoted the years of his active manhood to the legal profession. To him and his wife were born twenty-four children, of whom Dr. Bercinsky was the twenty-third in order of birth. In his youthful days he attended the public schools in his native town and also supplemented his knowledge by home study. He afterward took up the study of pharmacy and in the year 1891 he came to America to try his fortune on this side the Atlantic, having heard favorable reports concerning the opportunities offered in the new world. He settled first in New York city, where he engaged in the drug business for five years, passing the state examination before the pharmaceutical board of New York in 1895.

The following year Dr. Bercinsky came to New Haven, where he continued in the drug business, and while thus engaged he became deeply interested in the study of medicine; and with the idea of eventually engaging in practice he entered the Yale Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1902. He then sold out his drug store and has since devoted his time to the practice of his profession. He has a large general practice, especially among the Russians, Jews and Poles, because he speaks their languages. He has always kept in close touch with the trend of professional thought, and of late has been specializing in diseases of the stomach and intestines. He has done post graduate work in the New York Post Graduate School under Professor Chase. He belongs to the New Haven, the New Haven County, the Connecticut State and the American Medical Associations. He has also taken post graduate work in the Massachusetts General Hospital at Boston under Professor Hughes and there, in 1916, he specialized in the study of stomach diseases. He is well known as a public lecturer among the Jewish people of the city and his word carries the utmost weight among them. He has taught the gospel of the necessity for absolute cleanliness in relation with the prevention of the spread of contagious diseases, and his work has been fruitful of splendid results. His efforts have made his name a household word among the Jewish families in the poorer districts of New Haven and vicinity. He is continually lecturing and also by personal effort is spreading a knowledge of the laws of health that the people may know how to avoid sickness and disease. In all this he is actuated by the highest humanitarian principles aid ia seeking to make his service of great benefit to his fellowmen.

On the 12th of October, 1896, Dr. Bercinsky was united in marriage to Miss Anna Davidson, of New York city, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Davidson and a sister of Joe Davidson, the prominent and well known sculptor of the metropolis. Dr. Bercinsky indeed deserves much credit for what he has accomplished, for he has made his way from his boyhood unaided by others. His work has been of the greatest worth to the world and the influence of his labors and his teachings will continue for generations to come.