by Meg | Jan 4, 2019 | Architecture, Building, History of Maryland Med
Over the long holiday weekend, I was sorting through some boxes of books with a friend, when I came across a book called “Lost Baltimore Landmarks: A Portfolio of Vanished Buildings” by Carlton Jones (1982). As I leafed through it, my heart just...
by Meg | Nov 11, 2018 | Art, Component Societies, History of Maryland Med
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the first Armistice Day, I wanted to share this bronze plaque with you. This large bronze tablet was given by the Baltimore County Medical Association sometime in 1919 and was installed in the then-ten year old building as a...
by Meg | Jul 12, 2018 | Archives, History of Maryland Med, Physicians
July 12, 2018 marks the 169th birthday of Sir William Osler, MD. He was born in rural Bond Head, Ontario, Canada where his father was a minister with a small parish. From the time he was a child, Osler was always noted as having eyes like...
by Meg | Jun 26, 2018 | Archives, History of Maryland Med, Physicians
One of the projects that’s been in the queue for a long time is collecting oral histories of our members and boards. With the death of our good friend, MedChi member, board member and historian, Thomas E. Hunt, Jr. MD, late last year, we realized that we...
by Meg | May 11, 2018 | Architecture, Building, History of Maryland Med, Marcia for the Holidays
Over the weekend, we will pause to celebrate the 109th birthday of our headquarters building on Cathedral Street. MedChi had moved twice between 1890 and 1909, including to Hamilton Terrace in Eutaw Street. When that building was purchased in 1893, the members...
by Meg | Feb 12, 2018 | History of Maryland Med, Physicians
In honor of Black History Month, we’d like to introduce you to Dr. Whitfield Winsey (1842-1919)In 1867, Dr. John Richard Woodcock Dunbar began tutoring Whitfield Winsey, who became the first African-American physician admitted to the Medical & Chirurgical...
