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James Ewell was the third son of Collonel Jesse Ewell, who married his cousin, Charlotte Ewell.
His father came of an old Virginia family, and he was born on tne family estate “Bel Air, ” near Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia.
He studied medicine with his uncle, James Craik of Alexandria, the friend and physician of Washington, and with Dr. Stevenson of Baltimore.
Starting from 1794 he practised for seven years in Lancaster County and at Dumfries, and then, aided by his father’s friend President Jefferson, established himself in Savannah, Georgia. Here he introduced vaccination, and wrote The Planter’s and Mariner’s Medical Companion, dedicated to Jefferson. Published in Philadelphia, 1807, this was sold widely in the South and West, and ran to ten editions. With its pleasant mingling of poetical quotations, anecdotes, sentiment, and sound practical counsel, it was a valued possession on isolated plantations of the time. After 1809 Ewell lived in Washington, where he became a leading physician. His home was opposite the Capitol and when the British occupied Washington, his house was made their headquarters. Ewell remained, assuming care of wounded British soldiers, and exercising his influence to protect private property. Criticized later for his friendliness with British officers, he published in the third edition of the Companion an account of the invasion, justifying his conduct and presenting a valuable record of events. Characteristically, this was inserted in the midst of his discussion of fevers, and gave opportunity for a clever satire, Eidogium on the Capture of Washington, or Bilious Fever, by “Julius Scaliger” (Baltimore, 1816), which poked fun at the whole book in mock panegyric. He died of cholera at Covington, on Lake Pontchartrain.
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He was of medium height, stout and florid. Of genial, benevolent nature, fond of the best society, he was improvident and easy-going in practical affairs.
He married on December 2, 1794, to Margaret Robertson, daughter of a Virginia physician,
