by Meg | Jun 30, 2016 | History of Maryland Med, Physicians
With the lecture about the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, just under two weeks from now, I thought I would give you a bit of background about them. These fascinating Nutshell Studies were created in the 1940’s by Francis Glessner Lee, an heiress to the...
by Meg | Jun 15, 2016 | Component Societies, History of Maryland Med, Physicians
Sometime, a hundred years from now, someone’s going to find a faded piece of paper and realize that they are looking at an event that made history. MedChi member, Willarda V. Edwards, MD, MBA was elected to the AMA’s Board of Trustees on the first ballot. CHICAGO...
by Meg | May 25, 2016 | Archives, History of Maryland Med, Physicians, Portraits
As you may know, we’re using an image that I found in our archives for the invitation to the Hunt History of Maryland Medicine Lecture. There was a lot of writing on the original image, and with a little sleuthing, I found out what most of it meant. The top line on...
by Meg | Apr 7, 2016 | Archives, History of Maryland Med, Library & Books, Physicians
I frequently use The Medical Annals of Maryland in my research, mostly the digital version which is linked here. It’s so much easier to digitally search for a name or date. Actually, it’s nearly impossible to search for a date in the book, although names are in the...
by Meg | Mar 23, 2016 | Archives, Ephemera, Physicians
Max Brödel, the early 20th century medical illustrator at Johns Hopkins, had an excellent sense of humor. I frequently find his illustrations in our journals, and they’re so beautifully done. In honor of Easter later this week, I thought this was a perfect one to...
by Meg | Mar 18, 2016 | Art, Physicians, Portraits
As I was searching for something in a 1989 Journal, I saw that the cover image was of John Morris, MD. I really didn’t know a lot about him, and was always intrigued by his portrait, especially the fur collar he’s wearing. Luckily, there was a brief biography of the...
