BIO: James BROTHERTON, Sr., 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 164-165
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JAMES BROTHERTON, SR., M. D.

1792-1867

  James Brotherton was born in Antrim Township this county in 1792 a son of 
James and Jane (Henry) Brotherton.  The former was a native born of Irish 
parentage, and the latter born in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland.

  Dr. Brotherton read medicine with Dr. John Oellig in Waynesboro, and began the 
practice of medicine in this town about the year 1816.  Dr. Brotherton received 
the degree M. D. from a Philadelphia Medical College.

  He was a prominent practitioner in Waynesboro and vicinity for many years.  
For some years prior to his death he was afflicted with paralysis agitans to 
such a degree that he had to have an attendant when he took exercise.  It is 
said that this condition followed an infection of his finger caused by the prick 
of a needle while performing an autopsy.

  Dr. Brotherton married Helen Hammet.  She was one of the first, if not the 
very first, in this county to have a breast amputated.  This was done by Dr. 
John McClelland of Greencastle.  She made a good recovery and never had a return 
of the trouble, and lived to a good age.

  Dr. James Brotherton, Jr., was a son.