Thacher, James
physician, author, was born Feb. 14, 1754, in Barnstable, Mass. He was a physician of Plymouth, Mass., prominent in his youth as a military surgeon in the battles of the American revolution; and the author of American Medical Biography; History of Plymouth; Essay on Demonology; American New Dispensatory; Observations on Hydrophobia; A Military Journal During the American Revolution, a work of great value; The Management of Bees; American Orchardist; and Observations Relating to the Execution of Major André. He died May 26, 1844, in Plymouth, Mass.