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Ewell, Thomas (1785-1826).

Thomas Ewell was born May 22, 1785 at Belle Air, Prince George County, Virginia and died there May 1, 1826, on his farm. He was the son of Col. Jesse Ewell and brother of Dr. James Ewell and began to study medicine with Dr. Weems, Georgetown, District of Columbia. He graduated M. D. 1805, University of Pennsylvania, with a thesis " The Stomach and Its Secretions" then practised medi- cine in Washington and married Eliza- beth, daughter of the Hon. Benjamin

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Stoddert, of Maryland, secretary of the navy. Appointed to the medical de- partment of the army in 1808, he was stationed at the navy-yard, Washing- ton, remaining there until he resigned, May 5, 1813, to practise at Capitol Hill, whence he removed to Georgetown. It is said that he was the first to use ice internally in dysentery. In 1820 he tried to have a general hospital estab- lished in Washington, but could not raise the necessary funds.

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