by Meg | Jan 9, 2020 | Architecture, Cultural Exchange, Portraits
Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, MD, was an energetic young physician in Baltimore at the turn of the 19th/20th century. He had everything: good looks, talent as a physician, enough money and a gorgeous house. But, sadly, he didn’t have a long life, dying in his 40s from...
by Meg | Dec 11, 2019 | Art, Cultural Exchange, Portraits
Dr. Allan Jensen recently shared an article from the University of Rochester’s Review Magazine. It was from the “Ask the Archivist” columnist about a painting in their collection, one Azariah Boody. What struck me was that MedChi has two...
by Meg | Dec 2, 2019 | Art, Cultural Exchange, Portraits
Last week, I was showing the artist, Sam Robinson around MedChi’s collection of portraits, and when we stopped to more closely examine one, he realized it was by an artist named Ellen Emmet Rand (1875-1941).A month or so ago, Sam had shown me a...
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...
by Meg | Apr 10, 2019 | Art, Component Societies, Cultural Exchange, History of Maryland Med, Physicians, Portraits
I gave this presentation to the Historical Society of Harford County on the early history of medicine in the County. Harford County’s Early Influence on Medicine in MarylandIn the 1770’s, there were no controls over the practice of medicine. Charlatans and phony...
by Meg | Mar 20, 2018 | Art, Bronzes, Physicians, Portraits
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the bronze plaque of George Rohé (1851-1899). I realized that we have about a half-dozen of these bronze plaques scattered around, mostly in the 1909 building. Most of the bronzes date from the time that the building was opened and then...
