by Meg | Feb 19, 2020 | Ephemera, History of Maryland Med, Physicians
Before the Medical & Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland was founded in 1799, there was actually a previous medical society, but it didn’t last long. In 1785, Dr. Charles F. Wiesenthal, Dr. Elisha John Hall of Frederick, and other physicians on the Western...
by Meg | Feb 11, 2020 | History of Maryland Med, Physicians
Oops! I forgot to post this last week. But regardless, we celebrate all of our Women Physicians every day!Unfortunately, we are not exactly certain who our first woman member was, but in 1882, the Faculty changed its by-laws to read “members” instead of...
by Meg | Jan 21, 2020 | Archives, History of Maryland Med
Seriously, I don’t think we look a day over 200!The Medical & Chirurgical Faculty of MarylandFounded January 20, 1799.
by Meg | Dec 30, 2019 | Archives, History of Maryland Med, Library & Books, Osler
It was December 30, 1919 when the news arrived in Baltimore that Sir William Osler, MD, had died in Oxford the previous day. His health had been declining since the death of his beloved son, Revere, in August of 1917, during WWI. After Revere’s death, Sir...
by Meg | Oct 24, 2019 | Cultural Exchange, History of Maryland Med, Physicians
On Saturday, October 26, the Stonestreet Museum of 19th Century Medicine will re-open in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Edward Elisha Stonestreet of Rockville, graduated from the University of Maryland medical school. He served as one of the town’s doctors...
by Meg | Jul 15, 2019 | History of Maryland Med, Library & Books, Marcia for the Holidays, Physicians
This summer is going by so quickly, that Sir William Osler’s 170th birthday on July 12 just blasted by me. But in this special Oslerian year, I wanted to acknowledge it. Sir William was born in Bond Head, Ontario, north of Toronto. If you can imagine the...
