by Meg | Mar 30, 2020 | History of Maryland Med, Physicians
Today is National Doctor’s Day, and if there is a time that everyone should be thankful that we have doctors in our lives, this is it. From our beginning in 1799, when the Medical & Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland was organized to prevent quackery and...
by Meg | Mar 26, 2020 | Bronzes, Physicians
I continue to find new pieces and great stories every time I explore our offices! I was up in Marcia’s old apartment with some contractors, and we were moving some things. There, up against the wall was a huge (30×30 inches) bronze in a wooden...
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 | 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 31, 2019 | Cultural Exchange, Physicians, Portraits
One of our board members recently lent us the book, “Vision: A Biography of Harry Friedenwald” by Alexandra Lee Levin. The Friedenwalds were a prominent Jewish family of physicians here in Baltimore. Our hallways are filled with portraits of...
