James Stewart Jewell, M.D.
September 8, 1837 - April 18, 1887

Historical Timeline

1837	Dr. Jewell was born Sept. 8, 1837 near Galena Illinois. His parents were John McDonald Jewell and Margaret Morrow Stewart. He was the eldest of 10 children.
1837	Queen Victoria becomes Queen of England.
Circa 1855	Began the study of medicine under Dr. Samuel Minton Mitchell of Corinth, Williamson county, Illinois.
1855	Florence Nightengale reforms the nursing profession during the Crimean War.
1858-59	Attended his first course of instruction at the Rush Medical College.
1860	Received the degree of M.D. from the Chicago Medical College ( now Northwestern University Medical School).
1860	1860 U.S. Census lists a Jas. S. Jewell, 23 , M, as a "Physician" in the household of Dr. S. M. Mitchell, Williamson county, Illinois. Dated July 7, 1860.
Circa 1860 -1861	Practiced medicine in Williamson county, Illinois.
1861	The Civil War in America begins.
Circa 1861-1862	Served as a contract surgeon during the Civil War in General Sherman's command.
Circa 1862	Returns to Chicago to accept an appointment as Professor of Anatomy at Chicago Medical College.
1863	The Battle of Gettysburg takes place.
1864	Married Miss Mary C. Kennedy of Nashville, Illinois on December 22nd.
1865	The Civil War in America ends in April. President Lincoln assassinated.
1868	At the first meeting of the Chicago Medical College Alumni Association, now Northwestern University Medical School, Dr. J.S. Jewell was elected president of the association. Dr. Jewell was a member of the first graduating class of the Chicago Medical College.
1868	In the spring of that year resigned his professorship to give a course of lectures before the students of the Garrett Biblical Institute on "The Relations Between Science and Speculative Thought".
1869	The Suez Canal is opened.
1869-70	Dr. Jewell takes 20 students on a tour of the Holy Land.
1871	Resumed his medical practice, turning his attention to nervous and mental diseases.
1872	Appointed to Professor of Nervous and Mental Diseases at the Chicago Medical College.
1874	Began the publication of the Quarterly Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
1875	Help to found the American Neurological Association and served as its President for three consecutive years.
1876	The Battle of Little Big Horn.
1877	On Oct. 1, 1877, Dr. Jewell presented a paper to the Chicago Literary Society on "The Present Condition of the Darwinian Theory".
1881	Dr. Jewell turns the Journal over to Dr. W. J. Morton of New York.
1881	President Garfield assassinated.
1883	Resigns his position as a result of poor health.
1883	His wife, Mary C. Kennedy, dies November 26, 1883.
1886	Founded the Neurological Review. Discontinued as a result of poor health.
1887	Thomas Edison invents the record player.
1887	April 18, 1887, Dr. Jewell dies at his residence in Chicago, Illinois.