Gad Hitchcock

Gad Hitchcock (April 18, 1788 – November 17, 1837) was a 19th-century American physician. He was a fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Early life and education Hitchcock was born on April 18, 1788, in Pembroke, Massachusetts, to Gad Hitchcock and Sage Bailey. He graduated the Medical School of Maine in the class of 1825. Career Hitchcock took over the practice of the recently deceased Ammi Ruhamah Mitchell at today's Mitchell House at 333 Main Street in Yarmouth, Maine. He remained there, as the town's only physician, until his own death. He was succeeded by Eleazer Burbank.