After his discharge from the military, he resumed medical practice in Potsdam, New York. In 1886 he joined Dr. Augustine B. Hawley in the latter's medical practice in Red Wing, Minnesota. In 1872, Hewitt became the first secretary of the Minnesota State Board of Health. One of his highest priorities was educating the citizenry about communicable diseases, especially diphtheria. In 1889 he traveled to Europe to attend conferences and meet with medical personnel in Dublin, London, Berlin, Munich, and Paris, expanding his bacteriological research. In 1890 he was back in practice where he established the first bacteriological laboratory west of the Alleghenies. He resigned from the State Board of Health in 1897. He continued to practice in Red Wing but after 1904 saw fewer patients. He died July 7, 1910, at the home of his daughter in Summit, New Jersey.
On April 22, 1869, he married Helen Robinson Hawley, daughter of Dr. Joel and Miranda (Phillips) Hawley in Red Wing, Minnesota.
Their son, Edwin Hawley Hewitt, was born March 26, 1874 in Red Wing, Minnesota. He married Caroline Christian and became an architect in Minnesota. He died in Excelsior Township, Hennepin County, on August 11, 1939, without finishing the biography of his father. (Bio by: L. Wedell Ueki)
After his discharge from the military, he resumed medical practice in Potsdam, New York. In 1886 he joined Dr. Augustine B. Hawley in the latter's medical practice in Red Wing, Minnesota. In 1872, Hewitt became the first secretary of the Minnesota State Board of Health. One of his highest priorities was educating the citizenry about communicable diseases, especially diphtheria. In 1889 he traveled to Europe to attend conferences and meet with medical personnel in Dublin, London, Berlin, Munich, and Paris, expanding his bacteriological research. In 1890 he was back in practice where he established the first bacteriological laboratory west of the Alleghenies. He resigned from the State Board of Health in 1897. He continued to practice in Red Wing but after 1904 saw fewer patients. He died July 7, 1910, at the home of his daughter in Summit, New Jersey.
On April 22, 1869, he married Helen Robinson Hawley, daughter of Dr. Joel and Miranda (Phillips) Hawley in Red Wing, Minnesota.
Their son, Edwin Hawley Hewitt, was born March 26, 1874 in Red Wing, Minnesota. He married Caroline Christian and became an architect in Minnesota. He died in Excelsior Township, Hennepin County, on August 11, 1939, without finishing the biography of his father. (Bio by: L. Wedell Ueki)
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