One Plus One Equals...

I am working on my lecture for this years American Osler Society's Annual Meeting to be held in Toronto in early May. As I was searching through the Medical Annals of Maryland, I realized that there is an image of the portrait of Tristram Thomas that we acquired from the University of Maryland's Medical Alumni Association a few years ago. You can read about it here. 

I decided to play around with Photoshop and combine the two images. The 1909 image from the Annals is much more detailed than the actual painting, which desperately needs to be cleaned!

Here's the 1909 image:

Here is the original painting, which is lacking a lot of the detail in the above photograph.

and here is the combination of the two.

I still need to refine it a little by making it a mosaic, but you can get a better idea of what the portrait will look like when it is finally cleaned!

Five Minute History: Christ's Institution Hospital

Our good friend, Johns Hopkins (the person, not the institution), who is the Executive Director of Baltimore Heritage, recently presented one of his amazing "Five Minute History" segments on the Christ's Institution Hospital. This was a combination medical school, nursing school, clinic and church for Baltimore's Black population in the early 1900s.

You can see the full five-minute video here. 

Thanks, Johns!

Save the Date: First Annual President's Brunch

At the suggestion of MedChi President, Eric Wargotz, MD, we are initiating the First Annual President's Brunch to Benefit the MedChi Museum of Maryland Medical History. 

We hope that you can join us!