BIO: Alexander THOMSON, M.D., Chambersburg, 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 87-88 
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ALEXANDER THOMSON, M.D.

Dr. Thomson was born in Franklin County, the eldest son of the Hon. Alexander 
Thomson, L.L.D., who was born in Franklin County in 1788, and was one time Judge 
of the Sixteenth Judicial District, and one of the most noted jurists of this 
Commonwealth.  Judge Thomson was the son of Archibald Thomson and a grandson of 
Alexander Thomson, who emigrated from Scotland with his wife and twelve children 
and settled about 1771 in the vicinity of Scotland, Pa., and gave to this 
village its name.

Dr. Alexander Thomson, the subject of this sketch, received a liberal education, 
studied law with his father and was admitted 1844 to the Franklin County Bar.  
He then turned his attention to medicine and after graduation in medicine he 
located at Mount Savage, Md., and for many years was an honored and successful 
practitioner of medicine at that place.

During the Civil War Dr. Thomson held prominent positions in the Medical 
Department of the Army, and always discharged his duties with characteristic 
fidelity.