BIO: James BROTHERTON, Jr., M.D., Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA

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Medical Men of Franklin County, 1750-1925 by Ambrose Watts Thrush, M.D.;
Chambersburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Franklin County, Page 171
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JAMES BROTHERTON, JR., M. D.
1822-1864

  James Brotherton, Jr., was born in 1822 in Waynesboro, Pa., the eldest son of 
Dr. James and Helen (Hammet) Brotherton.  He read medicine with his father and 
was graduated M. D. from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa.

  Dr. Brotherton located in Waynesboro, Pa., about 1845 or 46 and continued in 
practice in this town until the time of his death in 1864.  He is remembered as 
a man of jovial disposition and good personality and was considered one of the 
best physicians of his day.