BIO: Thomas PHILLIPS, M.D., St. Thomas, 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 320
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THOMAS PHILLIPS, M. D.
1812-1841

  Dr. Phillips was born in 1812 in Frederick County, Md., a son of Thomas and 
Mary (Eichelberger) Phillips.  He began the practice of medicine at St. Thomas 
and was there about two years when he died in 1841.

  Dr. Phillips was visiting a patient "at the mountain" on a cold night and 
while crossing a stream on his way home his horse laid down in the water and the 
Doctor was compelled to ride quite a distance in wet clothes.  He contracted 
pneumonia from the exposure and died.