Charles Mertz "C. M." Arbuthnot was an early physician, pharmacist and founder of the Arbuthnot Drug Company in Republic County, Kansas, one of the first to establish a practice in the county.
He was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in 1852, and his family came to Kansas in 1871 by way of Iowa.
[1] While he was young, Arbuthnot remained at home helping his father on the family farm while also teaching in the district schools until 1875.
[3] While working through his education and teaching, Arbuthnot had been studying medical books.
After graduating in 1881 he returned to Republic County and began practicing medicine in Belleville.