by Meg | Jul 6, 2017 | Archives, Art, Ephemera, Magic Wand, Marcia for the Holidays, Physicians
When we look at all of the old black and white photos in our collections, they seem so flat and lifeless, even if they include lots of people. In our minds, these aren’t real people, because they don’t look like the people we see every day. But when...
by Meg | Feb 9, 2017 | History of Maryland Med, Physicians, Portraits
While most people know Horace H. Hayden as the founder of the first dental school in America, he’s got another claim to fame!Dr. Hayden was one of the founders of the Maryland Academy of Sciences and served as its president in 1825. In 1820, as a pioneer...
by Meg | Feb 1, 2017 | Art, Physicians, Portraits
Have you ever heard of Thomas Cromwell Corner? You might not know who he is, but if you’ve ever visited MedChi, you’ve surely seen his work. Sir William Osler, MDCromwell was born in Baltimore in 1865 and attended Baltimore City College. He attended...
by Meg | Jan 23, 2017 | Archives, Ephemera, Ex Libris, Library & Books, Physicians
Over the weekend, I read the book “Tom Cullen of Baltimore” by Judith Robinson. It’s a semi-autobiography of Dr. Thomas S. Cullen (1868-1953), who studied gynecology under Dr. Howard Kelly at Johns Hopkins, arriving in Baltimore in 1891. The book was...
by Meg | Sep 13, 2016 | Archives, Ephemera, Physicians
As I was searching our old bequests files, I came across a character whom I did not know. He was Dr. William Royal Stokes, a long-time MedChi member. He was also the Baltimore City Bacteriologist from 1896 until his untimely death in 1930. In the file, along with...
by Meg | Jul 8, 2016 | Events, History of Maryland Medicine, Physicians
In the course of preparing for next week’s lecture on the Nutshells, I found out that Russell Fisher’s grand-daughter will be here for the lecture. She’s preparing a documentary on him and is looking for anyone who was a contemporary of Dr. Fisher’s who might be...
