Evening star., 1934-01-14

Leesb,ug GO miles OF In virginia) 10 ~
(her). They meant to take her to Mount ver-
non, but she got that far to her sisters (Mrs.
BalD and could not proceed. DR.. T does
not practice physic but could not refuse to GO
he staid all night"
Aud the following day she notes:
"Dr. T came home about an hour after ve
had dined; rode almost all the way in the rain
about 20 miles of he was in storm Of lightning.
wind, rain and hail-he came without batting
upward to 30 miles, and had to ford the creek
at Seneca which was high and constantly ris-
ing. In consequence Of the back water Of the
Potomac (Which had risen surprisingly run
ming into 1t. The water ran over the back Of
his horse. and into the top Of his boots, he had
. disagreeable and dreary ride"
The doctor did not believe in taking chances
with the smallpox and 50 we find him obtain
ing some vaccine virus from Dr.. May. and
inoculating "Joe" q colored mani william
and Betsy, bound children, and (Bet) Lucy's
child. Negro nearly s months old. For
. while Dr. Thornton was the citys health
ofncer; he was the commissioner Of patents. he
wrote poetry, executed deeds and was . many
sided man with many activities.
Wilhelmus Bogart Bryan, quoting DR.. Toner,
tells us: TT Is probable Dr. Walter Smith was
the first physician who settled in Georgetown
and DR.. John Weems was the second. Dr..
Charles A. Beatty settled in Georgetown In
17s2. Dr.. Charles Worthington, . native Of
Anne Arundel County, Md. and the first prea-
dent Of the Medical Society, settled In George
town In 1888. Edward CAN'T began to practice
there prior to 1900. He was also . minister Of
the Episcopal Church"
DR.. Toner also says that, prior to 1900 Drx
1oU AZ T1icI,o rh,Iyo ~;
Gustavus Brown and William worthington were
practicing physicians in Alexandria.
THE city directory Of 1846 gives the names
Of G. Boyle, T. B. J. Frye, A Holmead, J. F.
!. McC1ery and Joseph F. Munding as practicing
physicians here ut that time. But since these
names were taken from the advertising part Of
the book, no doubt there were many other
medical doctors here at the time. The same
book gives as druggists here: John r. Callan.
corner Of Seventh and streets northwest;
Michael Dulany, corner of Pennsylvania avenue
and John Marshall place; Eliot, Wallace & Co,
Eleventh and r streets; F. w. Fuller, Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Twelfth street, and Thomas
p. Morgan, north side of Pennsylvania avenue
between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. OF
course, there were others.
The first drug store in the city was opened
Ny Frederick Miller, early in 1796, and was
designated by the sign of . golden mortar. It
was located between william Kings and Lear
4 Co.'S wharves Apothecaries doing business
here in 1924 included William Gunston, John
Duckvorth, Thomas Webb & Co. and Robert
and J. p. Ellis, on Pennsylvania avenue; Daniel
Rapne and William II. Gunneu, the former Of
whom sold books and drugs and the latter
just drugs; Edward W. Clarke on the Navy
Yard. and John Little and Otho NJ Linthicum
Z Co. Georgetown druggists.
The cdtys hrst hospital was in an old frame
building in Judiciary Square, for which tho
levy court paid the Government 500 in 1901.
Further provision made for q hospital In
1906 but the money appropriated was used In
erecting . poorhouse instead. The Govern
ment's Naval Hospital was established in 1905.
A contagious hospital was built in the vicinity
Of the Gallinger Hospital in 1s4l at . cost
Of $3.50.
The Washington Infirmary Hospital, IN
Judiciary Square. formerly q jail, had its be-
ginning in 1842 and was destroyed by fire
November 4. 1861.
George washington University Hospital had
its beginning prior to the Civil War. build
ing on It present street site was given to It
in 1855 BY w. w. Corcoran. Providence Hos
pital was started in 1861, and was used prin-
cipally for the care Of sick and Wounded
soldiers until 1866. Its first home was in
rented house at the corner Of Second and e
streets southeast.
Garfield Hospital was incorporated in 1881,
ana In 1883 the present, or Schneider tract
was bought with the old mansion, once the
country residence Of DR.. J. c. Hail Thu
Childrens Hospital dates from 1870; the Cen
tral Dispensary and Emergency Hospital was
started at the northeast corner Of Fourth and
= streets in 1871: the Homeopathic Hospital
began to function IN 1884,: Freedmen's Hospital
was established IN 1862 and the Columbia
Hospital for Women In 1866 Other hospitals
followed ct later dates.
Warrington - early - 1906 made feebSe
provision for it, insane patients and Miss
DuGothea l. DIX b responsible for the law
passed = 1854 providing ~ sk EiAbeth1
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