Dr. William Patton Thornton (February 6, 1817 – October 10, 1883) was an Americvan medical doctor, educator, writer and politician.
Education and career Thorton graduated from Kemper's Medical College in St. Louis and Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.Juettner, Otto. Daniel Drake and his Followers: Harvey Publishing Company, 1909 (pg. 311). After graduation he spent five years in Houston, Mississippi, where he began to specialize in diseases of the trachea and larynx.Appleton’s Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events. D. Appleton & Co., 1877.
In 1847, Thornton returned to Ohio and established a practice.The Lancet-clinic. Mississippi Valley Medical Association; Ohio Valley Medical Association, 1916 (pg. 243). He began a long affiliation with the Cincinnati Hospital and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, where he was chair of the Anatomy and Physiology Department.The Cincinnati Medical and Surgical News, v. 2 1861 (pg. 208-9) Thornton published papersSee Footnote 3 on choleraThe Cholera Epidemic of 1873 in the United States. United States Surgeon General’s Office, G.P.O., 1875. and laryngology.
After retiring from practice in 1877, Thornton served as mayor of College Hill, Ohio, until his death. He was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Family In 1841, William Thornton married Electa Bacon in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was cousin to Samuel W. Thornton and James Johnston Thornton.
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