tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45426660874475109582024-03-18T12:09:13.176-04:00MedChi ArchivesFollowing the history of the Medical & Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland from our founding in 1799 to the present. Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.comBlogger404125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-21470338589712351742024-03-18T12:08:00.000-04:002024-03-18T12:08:34.039-04:00Suffrage at MedChi<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>The
Medical & Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland building (including Osler Hall),
now known as MedChi, at 1211 Cathedral Street in Baltimore was last surveyed by the Maryland Historic Trust in
1975. That survey only included a description of the west façade.
This report was completed in 2020 as part of a project to document sites associated
with the Woman's Suffrage Movement in Maryland.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Undoubtedly, Marcia Crocker Noyes, the librarian at MedChi was interested in and involved with the suffrage movement. She was an independent, intelligent woman, who by the mid-1910s, owned and drove her own car, and ran a large organization on her own.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
quest for women's suffrage represents over 70 years of activism that ultimately
resulted in the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, which granted women
the right to vote, on August 18, 1920. The movement relied on a complicated
grassroots network of affiliated national, state, and local organizations that
were often fraught with divisions over race, strategy, and tactics. These
organizations were predominantly comprised of white upper- and middle-class
women, although some efforts were made to engage poorer women. Black women were
excluded, but formed their own segregated organizations, including the
Progressive Women' s Suffrage Club established by Estelle Young, and advocated
not only for women's suffrage but also for a host of other civil rights
legislation. The movement was decidedly nonviolent and relied on the power of
persuasion and education to attract people to the cause (Diehlmann* 2020).</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCdp9lKd89uGmr6xvBzOdd1M7MKnNb5SX8g_6fB5XOBNbSyJXaKItILbFJiY9zAY4w5MopRyCKrE9JyBG9SNhjILB-A0tq1c-t9xnGYY-0UFS9NivZJcGcee1CMMLZToytoD9VXnfeSr_1XIvATTM7OQasqauvs6ubWDZtuOPuKYrn3z4KkiiAiOHBiGLS/s263/goucher.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="263" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCdp9lKd89uGmr6xvBzOdd1M7MKnNb5SX8g_6fB5XOBNbSyJXaKItILbFJiY9zAY4w5MopRyCKrE9JyBG9SNhjILB-A0tq1c-t9xnGYY-0UFS9NivZJcGcee1CMMLZToytoD9VXnfeSr_1XIvATTM7OQasqauvs6ubWDZtuOPuKYrn3z4KkiiAiOHBiGLS/w640-h465/goucher.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>Suffrage
Meetings</b> The Medical &
Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland Building was the site of numerous meetings
associated with women' s suffrage in the second decade of the twentieth century,
perhaps because Elizabeth King Ellicott, a leading suffragist and president of
the Equal Suffrage League (ESL), was married to William M. Ellicott whose firm
designed the building. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrZbXutBHKq-Cg5MirPsUBNa5SOGna0hElwO4ACs5cgJq_G26yo-WG8lJTReenx57Zb21LDjwb3AeconZ-gHQcisd1qiyWXYdCtHvLacet3AU-Ec_QCytzRHGhhJ_bsSXnlOkkds8KpLabMFceQrBhkA4FKZpfpUBik4pkT-TbmdEKTBhxyPdSYV0S8Qf/s620/Elizabeth_King_Ellicott.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="444" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrZbXutBHKq-Cg5MirPsUBNa5SOGna0hElwO4ACs5cgJq_G26yo-WG8lJTReenx57Zb21LDjwb3AeconZ-gHQcisd1qiyWXYdCtHvLacet3AU-Ec_QCytzRHGhhJ_bsSXnlOkkds8KpLabMFceQrBhkA4FKZpfpUBik4pkT-TbmdEKTBhxyPdSYV0S8Qf/w458-h640/Elizabeth_King_Ellicott.jpg" width="458" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">In addition, many leading suffragists were affiliated
with Baltimore's medical community. A flurry of meetings were held in Osler Hall
over winter 1910, likely to raise awareness for the controversial bill the ESL
had before the Maryland General Assembly to allow for municipal suffrage in
Baltimore. Judge Jacob Moses of the Juvenile Court, acting as council for the
ESL, prepared the bill and Mr. Robert H. Carr agreed to further the amendment
in the Legislature.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35H2RWZeuMgCu-f1WBINmdqNWCNsBRVNoBBNrj8WzraId1_N7V5_dZ8SW46Bo4JqMmqZ8L0efb-dpqXk4Urfs7gM6_Pry9CeiIA1n4yLnqJYiP-vetDTwillZvSxV-9XyhRJknAwswVd4GXQ1Dr0oHDjIhSDtTzfrEks8aKtLxw6pBj2KAwGK7l8X13_q/s852/1920%20state%20house.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="852" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35H2RWZeuMgCu-f1WBINmdqNWCNsBRVNoBBNrj8WzraId1_N7V5_dZ8SW46Bo4JqMmqZ8L0efb-dpqXk4Urfs7gM6_Pry9CeiIA1n4yLnqJYiP-vetDTwillZvSxV-9XyhRJknAwswVd4GXQ1Dr0oHDjIhSDtTzfrEks8aKtLxw6pBj2KAwGK7l8X13_q/w640-h376/1920%20state%20house.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
first mass suffrage meeting hosted at Osler Hall by the ESL was on January 22,
1910, when Governor John F. Shafroth of Colorado spoke before a full house on women
suffrage in Colorado since it was adopted 16 years prior. In introducing Gov.
Shafroth, Gen. N. Winslow Willians, Maryland Secretary of State, noted "I
think it is very appropriate that the meeting is held in this form where
panaceas for all ills are discussed. You women are to cure the evils of a
deficient suffrage" (<i>The Sun</i>, 1910b, 14). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Several
days later, on January 26, 1910, Rev. Dr. Arma Howard Shaw, NAWSA president,
spoke. Dr. Shaw's presence was important as she was a proponent of universal
suffrage, as that was the official NAWSA platform, but she personally was
supportive of municipal suffrage efforts like Ellicott's if that form of suffrage
was deemed more expedient. Mrs. Ellicott presided at the meeting and Judge
Moses introduced Dr. Shaw (<i>The Sun,</i> 1910d, 14; The Sun, 1910a, 9).</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4wtjGOB3cKUrjDMOo7ZP0TZOVH8Vit9vJ1u1ybRbtZmAx99OnxFFGWSOJSGILoNwed9JFYyO9QhBFapVBqW9SHTQ1JAyvKjmHEG4Xo0pI6tq9_roL_0l7y6NcehLmOtV1DBRBL208w4aGFP-9NOKwRGq7JhAigPjyMGrxfcAUGf8MZkcf-go3D64xu3_/s976/1919.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="976" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4wtjGOB3cKUrjDMOo7ZP0TZOVH8Vit9vJ1u1ybRbtZmAx99OnxFFGWSOJSGILoNwed9JFYyO9QhBFapVBqW9SHTQ1JAyvKjmHEG4Xo0pI6tq9_roL_0l7y6NcehLmOtV1DBRBL208w4aGFP-9NOKwRGq7JhAigPjyMGrxfcAUGf8MZkcf-go3D64xu3_/w640-h410/1919.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Then,
on February 1, 1910, Miss Caroline Lexow, daughter of a former New York state
senator and secretary of the National College Equal Suffrage League, spoke to a
crowd in Osler Hall (<i>The Sun, </i>1910e, 14). The last event was a lecture
given by Mrs. Ellicott relating the suffrage movement to nurses during the
Maryland State Association of Graduate Nurses' annual convention at MedChi on
February 11, 1910 (<i>The Sun, </i>1910f, 6). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Both Mrs. Ellicott and Mary E. Lent, president of the Just Government League (JGL) of
Maryland, urged passage of the municipal suffrage bill. The event was clearly
successful, as by the end of the evening 300 nurses signified their intention
of backing the bill (<i>The Sun, </i>1910g, 7). Ellicott' s bill was
controversial because it competed with the Maryland Woman's Suffrage
Association's (MWSA) own bill for statewide suffrage. The ESL bill would allow
male or female residents of Baltimore City twenty-one years old or older to
vote, but property and educational qualifications limited those who were
actually enfranchised. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
ESL bill, which was accompanied by an endorsement by Baltimore City Mayor J. Barry
Mahool and a petition with 173,000 signatures, was endorsed by the JGL and the
Men's League for Woman Suffrage, and none of these organizations supported
MWSA's statewide suffrage bill, believing that a municipal suffrage bill would
be more palatable to the Maryland populace. The General Assembly was
resoundingly un-supportive of both bills, postponing the municipal suffrage
question indefinitely and defeating the statewide bill outright. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">MWSA
was already frustrated by the ESL's efforts to bypass MWSA structure and establish
its own local and county leagues. The organization was further incensed at ESL's
effort at establishing municipal suffrage, seeing it as divisive and unhelpful
toward their larger statewide suffrage goals. Later that year, on November 29,
1910, MWSA held their annual state convention at the Medical and Chirurgical
Faculty building, where the organization ejected the ESL, resulting in a loss
of 600 members for MWSA. Montgomery County suffragists argued to keep the
organization affiliated, fearing that Mrs. Ellicott would form a rival state
organization as the ESL "has done considerable work in the counties and is
well-known there" (<i>The Sun, </i>1910c, 9).</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoc5g7sIyl_fBD5ZmKFdt4LTteapIB_eyLXFM1Me_38rwZ15UpyjzMZkM8tScI9B_oHCneJSRxUeUkUA6gGV-PCh_eSAFYJImh7manwiXLKTS90rnEwG8dLE5CTQ22MmpTdzjiVuZyAB3e216KwKGiSqKY4QM2YjaC-k8OUJOq-JDJTXoF-FlLdTLtVGH0/s4241/1912.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="4241" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoc5g7sIyl_fBD5ZmKFdt4LTteapIB_eyLXFM1Me_38rwZ15UpyjzMZkM8tScI9B_oHCneJSRxUeUkUA6gGV-PCh_eSAFYJImh7manwiXLKTS90rnEwG8dLE5CTQ22MmpTdzjiVuZyAB3e216KwKGiSqKY4QM2YjaC-k8OUJOq-JDJTXoF-FlLdTLtVGH0/w640-h392/1912.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Their
concerns were not unwarranted as Ellicott did, in fact, create a new statewide suffrage
organization, the State Equal Franchise League (EFL), leaving three statewide
organizations vying for leadership of the suffrage movement. The rift appears
to have been short-lived as a year later there was mention that a council may
be established among the JGL, the EFL and the MWSA for the purpose of
conducting the suffrage campaign harmoniously. Regardless, the three
organizations remained independent and varied in their tactics, with the JGL
being the most militant, MWSA as most conservative, and the EFL somewhere in
between (<i>The Sun, </i>1911c, 13; Son 1962, 40). MedChi was also the site of
significant anti-suffrage activity. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Maryland Society Opposed to Woman
Suffrage was organized at MedChi on February 20, 1911, under the slogan
"Let women use their influence on the men to cast their ballots for clean
government, and better results will be accomplished than by creating more
votes" (<i>The Sun, </i>1911e, 8). The organization hosted their first public meeting at MedChi on
March 13, 1911. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">According
to newspaper accounts, "Osler Hall was thronged and an adjoining room was
well filled" (<i>The Sun, </i>1911f, 8). William Marbury, a noted
Baltimore lawyer presided, and speakers included former US Supreme Court Justice
Henry Billings Brown from Washington, DC, and Everett P. Wheeler of New York (<i>The
Sun, </i>1911h, 8). They hosted a second annual meeting at MedChi on Mach 4,
1912, to elect officers, including Mary Frick Garrett as president, who
continued to serve in that role for many years (<i>The Sun, </i>1912, 8). This
was followed by a mass meeting on March 25, 1912, with Minnie Bronson of Washington,
DC, and Emily Bissell of Wilmington, Delaware, where they pleaded for a larger
membership (<i>The Sun, </i>1912, 9). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Suffragists
continued to use the facility in 1911. Dr. Arma Howard Show spoke on March 15,
1911, on "True Democracy" under the auspices of the ESL and was
introduced by Dr. Eugene Nelson, president of Goucher College. Mrs. Ellicott
opened the meeting, which was scheduled to offset the anti-suffrage meeting
held two days earlier (<i>The Sun, </i>1911d, 9). On March 28, 1911, Miss Sylvia
Pankhurst gave an address before 75 people at Osler Hall under the auspices of
the Baltimore Woman Suffrage Club and was the guest of Emma Maddox Funck. Ms.
Pankhurst was from a family of notable English suffragists, including her
mother, Emmaline, and her sister, Christabel, a lawyer who defended many suffragists
who were imprisoned (<i>The Sun, </i>1911a, 11). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">She
implored the audience of mostly young women, "We should always attack the
party in power.... As long as it is in power and we have not the ballot it is
our enemy" (<i>The Sun, </i>1911b, 16). The JGL sponsored a mass meeting
open to the public at MedChi on December 7, 1911, where Miss Beatrice
Forbes-Robertson of New Yok spoke (<i>The Sun, </i>1911c, 13). The JGL formed a
chorus that would perform that evening, including "the Women's Marching
Song," which was the battle hymn the English suffragists sang as they stormed
Parliament. Before the meeting, the JGL held three open air meetings to raise
awareness of the event, the first on November 29, 1911, on the Courthouse Plaza
(<i>The Sun, </i>1911i, 7).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
mass meeting was very successful as the JGL raised more than $2,000 that would
be used in the league’s suffrage campaign. Suffrage activities continued at MedChi
and Osler Hall in the following years. A second JGL mass meeting was held on
January 11, 1912, with Mr. Roben Elder, assistant District Attorney of New York
City (</span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Sun, </i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1911j, 13). The ESL sponsored a talk from Miss Ethel Amold
of England on "The Citizenship of Women" on February 27, 1912 (</span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
Sun, </i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1912a, 9). When the Army of the Hudson, a national suffrage march from
New York to Washington, DC, was in Baltimore, members attended a Mental Hygiene
Congress at MedChi on February 24, 1913; however, it is unclear if march leader
Rosalie Jones attended (</span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Sun,</span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> 1913, 12).</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: left;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><i>*This report was written by Nicole Diehlmann. She is a historian in Maryland who worked for the Maryland Historic Trust and the engineering firm, RKK.</i></span></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-85325291846289736572024-03-08T11:27:00.001-05:002024-03-08T11:28:02.292-05:00Happy International Women's Day!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Just another instance of women getting it done!</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hTnyWydcjRLqJcU3llzRqfiaKwDHLBxxQsXkgD5jZffVR5hyphenhyphenMtTvI7dHtFGbQCGXpcv7ktJPRWmLVFXT80ND9J8G3fbLAVxNcSLiRtBsVYmPF61vUkGBvha12T_oUw9Ds75rbMcK4os-Lo8Dp9ysdHj-5lj1oII2V47mmjf14V0SZHZ0TBPkYDGjnyZ8/s2563/gas%20shortage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="2199" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hTnyWydcjRLqJcU3llzRqfiaKwDHLBxxQsXkgD5jZffVR5hyphenhyphenMtTvI7dHtFGbQCGXpcv7ktJPRWmLVFXT80ND9J8G3fbLAVxNcSLiRtBsVYmPF61vUkGBvha12T_oUw9Ds75rbMcK4os-Lo8Dp9ysdHj-5lj1oII2V47mmjf14V0SZHZ0TBPkYDGjnyZ8/w550-h640/gas%20shortage.jpg" width="550" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: large;">One of our Eastern Shore members making her house calls during the gas shortage in the 1970s.</i></div></span><p></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-33218739312211491282024-02-23T10:00:00.001-05:002024-02-23T10:00:31.051-05:00Monumental Achievements in Black Medical History<p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">MedChi is doing occasional posts on Black Medical History. The "monumental" in the name comes from the Monumental Medical Society, a medical society for Black physicians. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTR8pMKnBtTpSQ1bnLfoAHych-HNqx9X0NFF02AbYemww-g9m4plX_KLvqzhfr2DnLGLBlnG0RdQG1xzNGCu1IpXJaJfWjPrvvfp3Nyfvb7VKxeBBl0Pnk-xYOtzuZFZo8MK9BDnBm3h6CfoamgmnL_jcOeeCP8JKLcXQEUU4EpWRocFa2rWAViP08hjxM/s1144/claiborne.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="1144" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTR8pMKnBtTpSQ1bnLfoAHych-HNqx9X0NFF02AbYemww-g9m4plX_KLvqzhfr2DnLGLBlnG0RdQG1xzNGCu1IpXJaJfWjPrvvfp3Nyfvb7VKxeBBl0Pnk-xYOtzuZFZo8MK9BDnBm3h6CfoamgmnL_jcOeeCP8JKLcXQEUU4EpWRocFa2rWAViP08hjxM/w640-h290/claiborne.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;">Please join MedChi, the Center for a Healthy Maryland and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">on Saturday, April 13, 2024 </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">for dinner and a show, featuring jazz and music from the Prohibition and the Roaring '20s.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpx4EYY3lyCGnrdiBuVwPYPLNLphcQ6mSqghVHd-BJ1h3_UQT48MkUUb5UDhsZq2LABDNs6tfWcSbBhgX0_Ssawnh0Ihz-SOuxsb6A-ab1ObSEyndDGuE8tIo6me0k2Lvoxb0gsn_MgSLKDhqKOz05qvsu4_ZriX_AzYn682Zp_e4pKuuEemYu97ZlczT_/s2201/Please%20join%20us%20Poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2201" data-original-width="1700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpx4EYY3lyCGnrdiBuVwPYPLNLphcQ6mSqghVHd-BJ1h3_UQT48MkUUb5UDhsZq2LABDNs6tfWcSbBhgX0_Ssawnh0Ihz-SOuxsb6A-ab1ObSEyndDGuE8tIo6me0k2Lvoxb0gsn_MgSLKDhqKOz05qvsu4_ZriX_AzYn682Zp_e4pKuuEemYu97ZlczT_/w494-h640/Please%20join%20us%20Poster.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">For tickets or more information, please email</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span><a href="mailto:mfielding@medchi.org" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> or click or scan the QR code below.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>MedChi Members and Friends, click below.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://the-center-for-a-healthy-maryland.snwbll.com/bso-roaring-20s-dinner-a-show" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="399" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3etJZhCUXdZyhw3bbaS3vW9FRAndXhJ7TvTCz9r8xA_2L98yCiGMo6lbK4DLu_v72BxkB5RM4a6jEVGEgk80rP38fdYXuQ7M-8Q7_78nUwCR7IQMS6cSwtqNqIrz59inA1ymKCE0tU9ruf-OwSWLPLcm_79pd3_0VaiWAV672L1BTb-VxADWXryHznIN/w261-h261/QR%20Code.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Medical Students and Residents, click below. </i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://snwbl.it/BypBKn" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="440" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG725YXgkYssqHMJqaoCmGpk1P3FqAZvK7M57jp287PcdxBy0Lq8ejoYRx1HlntT5h3NSOPq3LgB-F4ut7dYt8CIWj499Wpxd-n3zFjgOFM7FTtEr3QXvKsViqWvjnZV58XLgtfkeGoCvaN6SDkZoImj8wUkNF2KFoXWuGp_T2iQ39SPNO63USNvdxEHQy/w259-h260/QR%20students.jpg" width="259" /></a></div></div>Hope to see you then!<br /></span></div>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-39182140370912712852024-02-14T15:13:00.003-05:002024-02-14T15:13:47.212-05:00Happy Valentine's Day!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Sending All of Our Valentine's Wishes to You! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuGlDK87zbp8DjjMfPKnkITYSTLTLHAS7XtD3gqW1tVMU2q8Ma3SazfCCF3jOgD4rv664h0QIlDq8LG7ElO2hpOGtxBKUUKMpri9VtbsPsK4MP8njHq4vbWUBl_7wNFQ2cuTZ-ZttNQd6ytrYzsPExfh6Q898IE-w0lPui7qoMZ09TetAdhqQbwIESzAAq/s1100/2017%20Valentine's%20day.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="851" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuGlDK87zbp8DjjMfPKnkITYSTLTLHAS7XtD3gqW1tVMU2q8Ma3SazfCCF3jOgD4rv664h0QIlDq8LG7ElO2hpOGtxBKUUKMpri9VtbsPsK4MP8njHq4vbWUBl_7wNFQ2cuTZ-ZttNQd6ytrYzsPExfh6Q898IE-w0lPui7qoMZ09TetAdhqQbwIESzAAq/w496-h640/2017%20Valentine's%20day.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-40836800566941588652024-02-13T10:47:00.005-05:002024-02-23T09:54:10.820-05:00The Founding Document<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">On January 22, 2024, a group of MedChi's members, friends, Board members, and staffers gathered in Annapolis to celebrate 225 years. We worked with the Maryland State Archives for nearly a year to arrange for the original founding document to be present at the Procamation events at the State House. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Archives were kind enough to send us very high resolution scans of the original document. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">An
Act to establish and incorporate a Medical and Chirurgical Faculty or Society
in the State of Maryland. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Whereas</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">
it appears to the General Assembly of Maryland that the establishment and
incorporation of a Medical and Chirurgical Faculty or Society of Physicians and
Surgeons in the said State, will be attended with the most beneficial and
salutary consequences for promoting and disseminating Medical and Chirurgical
knowledge throughout the State, and may in future prevent the citizens thereof
from risking our lives in the hands of ignorant practitioners and pretenders to
the healing art; Therefore,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><b><i>Be
it enacted</i></b> by the General Assembly of Maryland, that Gustavus Brown, William
Lonsdale, Barton Tabbs, Elijah Jackson and William H. Roach of Saint Mary’s
County; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">James
M. Anderson, Junior, Morgan Browne, Junior, Edward School, Robert Geddes, and
Edward Warrell of Kent County; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Charles
Alexander Warfield, Richard Hopkins, Wilson Waters, Thomas Noble Stockett and
William Murray of Anne Arundel County; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Thomas
Bourne, Thomas Parran, Joseph Ireland, Daniel Rawlings and James Gray of
Calvert County; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">John
Parnham, Gustavus Richard Brown, Daniel Jenifer, John M. Daniel and Gerrard
Wood of Charles County; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Thomas
Cradock, Thomas Love, John Cromwell, Philip Trapnell, and Christopher Todd of
Baltimore County; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Perry
E. Noel, Stephen Theodore Johnson, Tristram Thomas and Ennalls Martin of Talbot
County;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Levin
Irving, Arnold Elzey, Ezekiel Haynie, John Woolford, and Mathias Jones of
Somerset County; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Edward
White, James Sullivane, Dorsey Wyville, William Hays and Thomas Goldsborough of
Dorchester County; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Abraham
Mitchell, William Miller, Elisha Harrison, John Grome and John King of Cecil
County;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Richard
J. Duckett, William Beanes, Junior, William Marshall; William Baker and Robert
Pottinger of Prince Georges County;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Upton
Scott, James Murray, John Thomas Shaff, and Reverdy Ghiselin of the City of
Annapolis;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">James
Davidson, John Wells, Samuel Thompson, Robert Goldsborough and John Thomas of
Queen Anne’s County;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">John
Neille, Thomas Fassett, George Washington Purnell, John Huston of Worcester
County;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Philip
Thomas, Francis Brown Sappington, William Hilleary, John Tyler and Joseph Sim
Smith of Frederick County; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">John
Archer, Thomas H. Birckhead, Elijah Davis, and Thomas Archer of Harford County;
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Jesse
Downes, John Young, Junior, Benjamin Keene, Joseph Price, and Henry Helm of
Caroline County; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">George
Brown, John Coulter, Miles Little John, George Buchanan, Lyde Goodwin, Ashton
Alexander, Arthur Pue, Daniel Moore and Henry Stevenson of the City of
Baltimore;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Richard
Pindell, Samuel Young, Peter Waltz, Jacob Schnively, and Zachariah Claggett of
Washinton County;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Edward
Gantt, Charles Worthington, Joseph Hall, Zadock Magruder, Junior, and Charles
Beatty of Montgomery County;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Benjamin
Murrow, James Forbes and George Lynn of Allegany County; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">And such persons
as they may, from time to time, elect and their successors, are hereby declared
to be one community, corporation, and body politic, forever, by and under the
name and title of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland,
and by and under the same name and title they shall be able and capable in law
to purchase, take, have and enjoy, to them and their successors, in fee or for
less estate or estates, any lands, tenements, rents, annuities, chattels, bank
stock, registered debts or other public securities within this State, by the gift,
bargain, sale or devise, or any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate,
capable to make the same, and the same at their pleasure to alien, sell,
transfer or lease and apply to such purposes as they may judge most conducive
to the promoting and disseminating medical and surgical knowledge, or to alleviating
the calamities and the miseries of their fellow citizens; provided nevertheless,
that the said Faculty or body politic shall not, at any time, hold or profess
property, real, personal or mixed, exceeding in total the sum of ten thousand
dollars, per annum. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">And be it enacted</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">,
that the members of the said Faculty above designated, may and shall hold their
first meeting at the City of Annapolis on the first Monday in June next, or as
soon thereafter as a number not less than fifteen of them can be convened, at which
meeting they may appoint a President, a Secretary and Treasurer, make a common
seal, and may elect into their body, such a medical and chirurgical practitioners,
within this State as they may think qualified to become members of the Faculty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">And be it enacted</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">,
that it shall and may be lawful for the said Medical Faculty or any numbers of
them, then attending, (not less than fifteen) to elect by Ballot, twelve
persons of the greatest medical and chirurgical abilities in the State, who
shall be styled the Medical Board of Examiners for the State of Maryland, seven
of whom shall be residents of the Western and five of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland, whose duty is shall be to grant licenses to such medical and
chirurgical gentlemen as they, either upon a full examination, or upon the production
of Diplomas from some respectable college, may judge adequate to commence the
practice of the Medical and Chirurgical arts, each person so obtaining a certificate
to pay a sum not exceeding Ten Dollars, to be fixed on or ascertained by the
Faculty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">And be it enacted</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">,
that any five of the Examiners appointed for the Western and any three of those
appointed for the Western Shore, shall constitute a Board on their respective
shores for examining such candidates as may apply on the said shores respectively,
and shall subscribe their names to each certificate by them granted, which certificate
shall be also countersigned by the President of the Faculty and have the seal
of the Faculty affixed thereto by the Secretary, upon the payment into the
hands of the Treasurer of the sum of money to be ascertained as above by the
Faculty, and any one of said Examiners may grant a license to practice until a
Board in conformity to this act can be held<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">And be it enacted</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">,
that after the appointment of the aforesaid Medical Board, no person not
already a practitioner of Medicine or Surgery, shall be allowed to practice in
either of the said Branches, and receive payment for his services, without
having first obtained a License, certified as by this Law directed, under the
penalty of Fifty Dollars for each offense, to be recovered in the county court
where he may reside by Bill of Presentment and Indictment, one half for the use
of the Faculty and the other half for that of the Informer. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">And be it enacted</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">,
that every person, who upon application, shall be elected a member of the
Medical Faculty, shall pay a sum not exceeding Ten Dollars to be ascertained by
the Faculty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">And be it enacted</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">,
that the said Medical Faculty be and they are hereby empowered from time to
time to make such bylaws, rules and regulations, as they may find requisite; to
break or alter their common seal; to fix the times and places for their general
meetings, for the meetings of the Board of Examiners, the modes and times of
electing Officers, filling up vacancies in the Medical Boards, and to do and
perform such other things as may be requisite for carrying this act into
execution and which may not be repugnant to the Constitution and Laws of this State
or the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">By
the House of Delegates By
the Senate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">January
20, 1799 January
20, 1799<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Read
and Assented to Read
and Assented to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;">By
Order By
Order<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><i>Wm.
Harwood </i> <i>A.
Van Horn</i></span></p></div></div></div><p></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-7402921748700143492024-02-08T11:51:00.004-05:002024-02-08T11:51:32.662-05:00Early Black Physicians in Maryland<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
history of Black physicians in Maryland is long, but sadly, virtually
un-explored.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">One of
the earliest reports of a Black physician practicing in Maryland dates from
1750. Henry Game, a freed slave in Somerset County on the Eastern Shore,
was praised in the October 1750 issue of the Maryland Gazette as a successful
doctor. He is also mentioned as a doctor in the register of the Stepney Parish in Somerset County in 1751.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFnMfNX3B5W0YOwlAW3kjWJQ-2fITngyjMpMy6UVRNxV56ojPqdx3bD6s-u5hCRYeATNUkTbLJpo09-zGgR8cH0gx1MbeRHe2EKQtUx608RVUWGFqNMOrSeIsYCgrkQ3rYfmefUyqU2_apw1AOdOrIfDoN-_x1wClI9zx6tCQcA6-961BBqUZRtkKHbYZ/s1600/2%20somerset%20county.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="951" data-original-width="1600" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFnMfNX3B5W0YOwlAW3kjWJQ-2fITngyjMpMy6UVRNxV56ojPqdx3bD6s-u5hCRYeATNUkTbLJpo09-zGgR8cH0gx1MbeRHe2EKQtUx608RVUWGFqNMOrSeIsYCgrkQ3rYfmefUyqU2_apw1AOdOrIfDoN-_x1wClI9zx6tCQcA6-961BBqUZRtkKHbYZ/w640-h380/2%20somerset%20county.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Fast forward
to 1818, when two men of color, Drs. Marlborough and Gibson were mentioned as
practicing medicine without a license on the Eastern Shore. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In
1832, Dr. Lewis G. Wells was reputed to have attended the now-defunct
Washington Medical College in Baltimore.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotkDRzD6jNuR1kkO_52wVkp89suNmg5Usa6LPV5EUAcr6RQ-RILTT1CykhyphenhyphenIRv8G41_9lPVl287ot0sTrUVtaj75FCf0_EXMBi0dNLWuukXOdoSyniHtsiJRtPAHu4jgXzSni05P8UuYKKOc4y8uw2GWZaqU3R8fGdO9pRZIMktk9N9l9GUinddHCaRtw/s600/3%20Washington_Medical_College_1845.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="600" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotkDRzD6jNuR1kkO_52wVkp89suNmg5Usa6LPV5EUAcr6RQ-RILTT1CykhyphenhyphenIRv8G41_9lPVl287ot0sTrUVtaj75FCf0_EXMBi0dNLWuukXOdoSyniHtsiJRtPAHu4jgXzSni05P8UuYKKOc4y8uw2GWZaqU3R8fGdO9pRZIMktk9N9l9GUinddHCaRtw/w640-h472/3%20Washington_Medical_College_1845.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">According to contemporary
reports, it was likely that he studied at the university while working as an
employee there, and reports also mention that he was one most skillful
physicians of the day. He was Baltimore’s only Black physician at the time. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_VBIY9V6423Kbiyum8Uz9mIozNFopjuhDb2LHrEruVj5hsVoVl-MjxVpQ2xM_-teqf-bY2fxIEkbv0kATIY1bAUi5mUmbSXZ2MzT42pWpw-B3Y3ISm6Jgom3YfYCQHma2TzwPy49_RPtpLauakuSXoApvRAoi-hpInaId0IFpxn6mjCxSz-WeHJEq28TK/s395/4%20cholera.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="395" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_VBIY9V6423Kbiyum8Uz9mIozNFopjuhDb2LHrEruVj5hsVoVl-MjxVpQ2xM_-teqf-bY2fxIEkbv0kATIY1bAUi5mUmbSXZ2MzT42pWpw-B3Y3ISm6Jgom3YfYCQHma2TzwPy49_RPtpLauakuSXoApvRAoi-hpInaId0IFpxn6mjCxSz-WeHJEq28TK/w640-h434/4%20cholera.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>During
the cholera epidemic in 1832, he was seen riding up and down the
streets of Baltimore, administering to the sick and dying. <o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Samuel
Ford McGill was the first Liberian colonist to receive a medical
education in the United States. He also studied at Washington University,
in 1836, but he was dismissed due to pressure from white students. He
eventually attended Dartmouth University, where he graduated with a
medical degree.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSg3ClIiLwx0rDGHkGexGyP732VbdUqzO-FZ7rFaC2zqSWRHPkWiOiB8A6iB5gXq_w0PWdksTygq0EEnA4cyny9riyX0yV_EiIqRcGr34109Oka9kAOX8WecqkgCWHgWu6h6rwa18ZOzEin2mKdSo5F4m9qQfysWU5tEOdjC5gNDn4kcwG9vE24ltIvhpO/s800/6%20dartmouth%20med%20school.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="800" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSg3ClIiLwx0rDGHkGexGyP732VbdUqzO-FZ7rFaC2zqSWRHPkWiOiB8A6iB5gXq_w0PWdksTygq0EEnA4cyny9riyX0yV_EiIqRcGr34109Oka9kAOX8WecqkgCWHgWu6h6rwa18ZOzEin2mKdSo5F4m9qQfysWU5tEOdjC5gNDn4kcwG9vE24ltIvhpO/w640-h532/6%20dartmouth%20med%20school.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">He returned to Liberia and became a colonial
governor.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In
1882, the Medical & Chirurgical Faculty admitted its first Black member,
Whitfield Winsey.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgh4h0BimZPC-V6xUAlbkUW37EtkMRhuHsJpoa1pzenMA_KMIu6bLIk3FR7q5RPPfStUPvKpZaIGpU0zZHAFHFREvPfQZ4GBL_2nQ33EcC0TmERwj_w10DcQhqqlIvTvlXqQsX_SmZRbHBWfokXG7IUXIGT9Rp3DZVjJhgkRWve_uALbqH38S4QyS2wBJ/s442/8%20Winsey.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="298" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgh4h0BimZPC-V6xUAlbkUW37EtkMRhuHsJpoa1pzenMA_KMIu6bLIk3FR7q5RPPfStUPvKpZaIGpU0zZHAFHFREvPfQZ4GBL_2nQ33EcC0TmERwj_w10DcQhqqlIvTvlXqQsX_SmZRbHBWfokXG7IUXIGT9Rp3DZVjJhgkRWve_uALbqH38S4QyS2wBJ/w432-h640/8%20Winsey.JPG" width="432" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Dr. John Dunbar tutored Dr. Winsey in medicine,
and in 1871, Winsey graduated from Harvard Medical School.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeg2cp0RTrRftC_YJO1WX2yoiHwkTXWJv2UoeTDB-7k6qIfydmqFlVNj9q37b8qj3pFLdrcjwnUDP4qoyRieBupCzt0ab0XDNwVWj1e06cTy2VHCDu1DgwB5kOVkaNsRwjbvyIdUQAzpHYlyj2X6FWU3ilJvMet8ChCYVvMnJjl143mi518SMEc08izTZ5/s1000/9%20harvard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1000" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeg2cp0RTrRftC_YJO1WX2yoiHwkTXWJv2UoeTDB-7k6qIfydmqFlVNj9q37b8qj3pFLdrcjwnUDP4qoyRieBupCzt0ab0XDNwVWj1e06cTy2VHCDu1DgwB5kOVkaNsRwjbvyIdUQAzpHYlyj2X6FWU3ilJvMet8ChCYVvMnJjl143mi518SMEc08izTZ5/w640-h440/9%20harvard.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>He
returned to Baltimore and established a private practice on East Fayette
Street. In April 1882, Dr. Winsey applied to the Baltimore City Medical &
Surgical Society, but his membership was denied. Later that month, Dr. Winsey
became the first Black member of the Medical & Chirurgical Faculty.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In
1894, Dr. Winsey, along with a group of prominent Black physicians, founded
Provident Hospital on Orchard Street, the first private teaching
hospital for Blacks in Baltimore.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4zetwIld88_TbTXUd_m5PQ91ecvdq36IqwyJb8rWHFXUeSfbCzfgae_Q_HYNH7sb0Wk8cWnqad7KsUNO9RFNHsOWLsEDPfxRQSHgrIYXSSuzSPHgrcr5ULyoY9-P4rWgRGoaxWp8ZxYKQG4BMNF-GYW79sR2SqQvuhqip6KZpmWt3p_bK_cpLYemXBTw/s760/11%20provident.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="760" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4zetwIld88_TbTXUd_m5PQ91ecvdq36IqwyJb8rWHFXUeSfbCzfgae_Q_HYNH7sb0Wk8cWnqad7KsUNO9RFNHsOWLsEDPfxRQSHgrIYXSSuzSPHgrcr5ULyoY9-P4rWgRGoaxWp8ZxYKQG4BMNF-GYW79sR2SqQvuhqip6KZpmWt3p_bK_cpLYemXBTw/w640-h414/11%20provident.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Although
Winsey was employed as a physician at Black institutions such as the Melvale
Home for Colored Girls and Provident Hospital, he belonged to white fraternal
and professional organizations, including the Medical & Chirurgical Faculty
and the Masons. Dr. Winsey provided leadership for many aspects of
nineteenth-century Black society in Baltimore. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
second Black member of the Faculty was Dr. Reverdy M. Hall, who became a member
in 1884. He attended Howard University’s Medical College and
graduated in 1872.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfEt8-hhr4zVdOD23cL4NxRgW7pG5VnCwKmx18Pfz7bTt9cAuBh8TkCLZwY6P6BQActSiEuEtzFIHfVMVpiox8KedN6vwvAGQoDNfenci7so0Q7a7lHu7Q53q-A6GFuByU53HgNNSRnsikFJt6JI3vXxPX1I84y-apWYcfWzX9AEckLfU7n9quKkwjNxH/s628/12%20howard%20u%20medical%20college.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="628" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfEt8-hhr4zVdOD23cL4NxRgW7pG5VnCwKmx18Pfz7bTt9cAuBh8TkCLZwY6P6BQActSiEuEtzFIHfVMVpiox8KedN6vwvAGQoDNfenci7so0Q7a7lHu7Q53q-A6GFuByU53HgNNSRnsikFJt6JI3vXxPX1I84y-apWYcfWzX9AEckLfU7n9quKkwjNxH/w640-h320/12%20howard%20u%20medical%20college.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">He opened a private practice on Druid Hill Avenue in
Baltimore. There is some evidence that Dr. Hall was an OB/GYN, and he published
a lengthy article in the Faculty’s 1890 Transactions, entitled “Fibroid Tumors
Complicating Pregnancy."<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Along
with Dr. Winsey, Dr. Hall was one of the founders of Provident Hospital.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmE_xwei25t7YMkwML0jxwSdPu9-VrGYfuqyaa4_z3U5t2inDMtWcjxwvKehQbqel6K_uvN93W6AnZXmyZmZQY-8KYqMOTA0wnIpdQE7NJN7K-gCr_Xoe14dPpscPi1X1rM86YqnYl1CcIiGZYFUHrjXxNWb3Qpcp_Ryzl6eab0jpFzRlv_MYeNeSW24h/s829/13%20provident%20hospital.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmE_xwei25t7YMkwML0jxwSdPu9-VrGYfuqyaa4_z3U5t2inDMtWcjxwvKehQbqel6K_uvN93W6AnZXmyZmZQY-8KYqMOTA0wnIpdQE7NJN7K-gCr_Xoe14dPpscPi1X1rM86YqnYl1CcIiGZYFUHrjXxNWb3Qpcp_Ryzl6eab0jpFzRlv_MYeNeSW24h/w386-h640/13%20provident%20hospital.jpg" width="386" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Medical and Surgical
School of Christ’s Institution of Baltimore City (also called the
Medico-Chirurgical and Theological College of Christ’s Institution) was the
first Black medical school incorporated in Baltimore. The school was still in
existence as late as 1918. However, it graduated very few physicians and there
is scant information about it and it doesn’t appear on the 1909 Flexner Report
of Medical Schools.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobXmx7G7rE9iszwAhBCkd2Rsdg_qghjtPyx_36ntUzlunNqjQlZhaYp2W_t-5jHnHyNsBxPYnpF1-sXbdU0Egzbwi75OjKX2UvsAkr_SUtRXz8dTZxL7W1kUmzSXz355L3H4lmB6BFc2xwVpm3XNPPAZFyM4AKUVYgOE2O5ztyzmzxnwt6I-H6O0hoKoz/s647/14%201885.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="60" data-original-width="647" height="60" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobXmx7G7rE9iszwAhBCkd2Rsdg_qghjtPyx_36ntUzlunNqjQlZhaYp2W_t-5jHnHyNsBxPYnpF1-sXbdU0Egzbwi75OjKX2UvsAkr_SUtRXz8dTZxL7W1kUmzSXz355L3H4lmB6BFc2xwVpm3XNPPAZFyM4AKUVYgOE2O5ztyzmzxnwt6I-H6O0hoKoz/w640-h60/14%201885.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In
1885, The Medical & Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland changed its
constitution from “gentlemen members” to “persons” due to the number of Blacks
and women who were becoming physicians and wanted to join.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Local
reference materials list a number of other early Black medical societies,
including: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background: white; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #444444;">The Maryland Medical,
Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444;"><div style="text-align: justify;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>The Maryland Colored
Medical Association</div></span><span style="color: #444444;"><div style="text-align: justify;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>The Maryland State
Medical Association</div></span><span style="color: #444444;"><div style="text-align: justify;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>MeDeSo – the Medical
Dental Society, and finally,</div></span><span style="color: #444444;"><div style="text-align: justify;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span>The Monumental City
Medical Society.</div></span></span></blockquote><!--[if !supportLists]--><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In 1983, MedChi elected Dr.
Roland Smoot as its first Black president. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJFRa7CsT7kb_2Ald-79AEJiwa69_RxyW5h4Pe_bCenT01G9jx190R6mXG5UwBM13BCHKKIuj__X55tSX8a1wmt6ByeKxY79vPKO1ogoXgUAxzzNsMj5cTG8WiC6B6a9wdoMYPmSz01YnmHEFueklYCYkgiKNA_no2L2AzUYuyBOuPwONp8tnHqyDQn-Y/s308/17%20Smoot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="239" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJFRa7CsT7kb_2Ald-79AEJiwa69_RxyW5h4Pe_bCenT01G9jx190R6mXG5UwBM13BCHKKIuj__X55tSX8a1wmt6ByeKxY79vPKO1ogoXgUAxzzNsMj5cTG8WiC6B6a9wdoMYPmSz01YnmHEFueklYCYkgiKNA_no2L2AzUYuyBOuPwONp8tnHqyDQn-Y/w497-h640/17%20Smoot.jpg" width="497" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #444444;">In 1963, Dr. Smoot was appointed chief
of medicine at Provident Hospital, the same year Hopkins permitted
him to have admitting privileges - a first for an African-American physician at
Hopkins. In 1978, Dr. Smoot was named an assistant dean for
student affairs at Hopkins and spent the next 26 years recruiting and
counseling students at the school. <o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">MedChi is proud
of its long history supporting Black physicians in Maryland. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-29628943902080242482024-02-06T15:27:00.000-05:002024-02-06T15:27:27.539-05:00CPR Article in Baltimore Magazine<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Our friends at Baltimore Magazine just published a fascinating article on the local origins of CPR, which was developed here in Baltimore. In 1961, the Maryland Medical Journal published a long, scholarly article on the earliest days of CPR and how several physicians, engineers and scientists created it. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erS8vZiPGKjlhSe241tvEYl-HiR5lNXz/view?usp=sharing" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="3071" data-original-width="2349" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfMK4xa4-N2Gy3cy_Cw_b4F5JQEQGqWegaCEhhKEtISPcVwNH4gPhjSqtuyQNpmTwjT5MaWcjmkSS8T-FFJUB_woLa2imWSvfuHhG-wZM2uoP7MKt4gh8JlzRZ1nUpzLU72HvDl2fvBlRytiLXq7xLHU3edVSqUo8kweeghFwZFbYua1ABqOFP99RxpgO/w490-h640/CPR%20Bmag%20%20(1).JPG" width="490" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Baltimore Magazine has done a deep dive into CPR's origin story, and we're sharing it with you. Click on the image above to read the article.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-26607022316318664232024-02-05T13:09:00.003-05:002024-02-06T15:18:50.138-05:00First Quarter Newsletter<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Please click on each image to enlarge it. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjevnCL9v6SkiKSqCjtqZGLAVh87fIM6wIdkLRKlKAxMZl05pP9P96U2cwBh4UxKKzq0qqR7DAt9tuQT741sY9o-EyWZskL9rHW5jTjR95iIxk2CgVLItPvS20GquHOU8qJbpQTmQ38h4u4iduC6tl3ooOtBFDvta1QQSljldaVk05uFEbguxNXoeKblhzN/s3300/JAN%20P%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjevnCL9v6SkiKSqCjtqZGLAVh87fIM6wIdkLRKlKAxMZl05pP9P96U2cwBh4UxKKzq0qqR7DAt9tuQT741sY9o-EyWZskL9rHW5jTjR95iIxk2CgVLItPvS20GquHOU8qJbpQTmQ38h4u4iduC6tl3ooOtBFDvta1QQSljldaVk05uFEbguxNXoeKblhzN/w494-h640/JAN%20P%201.jpg" width="494" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Y-3QA02yCcRLp3IfAOaSJVvpO0DR-sNzDyKyD5zfoyAnIVoImapO7Sb_rNvx1oST21cq745XsANpZpBfF_VXHtINyXUW3CCf-1ya2iJYwT79U3Vkc6eucmru-g66JAnzWiZhB-jYv38TW4ap15ZcoU_Ik55-CYMe2pLufE9wG0NfhkFK2n6o0YIl9PRT/s3300/JAN%20P%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Y-3QA02yCcRLp3IfAOaSJVvpO0DR-sNzDyKyD5zfoyAnIVoImapO7Sb_rNvx1oST21cq745XsANpZpBfF_VXHtINyXUW3CCf-1ya2iJYwT79U3Vkc6eucmru-g66JAnzWiZhB-jYv38TW4ap15ZcoU_Ik55-CYMe2pLufE9wG0NfhkFK2n6o0YIl9PRT/w494-h640/JAN%20P%203.jpg" width="494" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDauc4-EBNcaJakKpBJjXEzyf6sHm_fsbcg8E28B92xW4uMH97yoi5rhhBYzJUgvkFwRoe03keWNvqaWxOX806GJbccgKP_VOVqJ-pANJSGCPgo4RWXDr6mSbeS_b5Meht48eJM_HRMSttT9ZsIMwEpOWbNuxvtoB5eepyZC1ReFdOmIbVFmKemwjtP01z/s3300/JAN%20P%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDauc4-EBNcaJakKpBJjXEzyf6sHm_fsbcg8E28B92xW4uMH97yoi5rhhBYzJUgvkFwRoe03keWNvqaWxOX806GJbccgKP_VOVqJ-pANJSGCPgo4RWXDr6mSbeS_b5Meht48eJM_HRMSttT9ZsIMwEpOWbNuxvtoB5eepyZC1ReFdOmIbVFmKemwjtP01z/w494-h640/JAN%20P%202.jpg" width="494" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtN7D6CB33t3lJM73fZxHATuC8cj2MlytBaXr2z_FrTlb8o1zg11EFUw6_KEidJ3Xk4Bczc8cUbLNyrC1XWyUqX3MpwUSRcEEfVgwWaQuMzX8_ujm6RMNHj9xiwbnOEimbYpvjExXlMfbvOonCsodQVde54OIR9ahQUnfLOs3f9Z8wb-S_M2DYkdvnOW25/s3300/JAN%20P%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtN7D6CB33t3lJM73fZxHATuC8cj2MlytBaXr2z_FrTlb8o1zg11EFUw6_KEidJ3Xk4Bczc8cUbLNyrC1XWyUqX3MpwUSRcEEfVgwWaQuMzX8_ujm6RMNHj9xiwbnOEimbYpvjExXlMfbvOonCsodQVde54OIR9ahQUnfLOs3f9Z8wb-S_M2DYkdvnOW25/w494-h640/JAN%20P%204.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">If you would like to subscribe to the Newsletter, please send an email <a href="mailto:mfielding@medchi.org" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><p></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-5993038066263567882024-01-30T16:37:00.002-05:002024-01-30T16:37:48.281-05:00Venturing into the Basement Stacks<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I have been working at MedChi for almost 11 years, and one thing that I rarely do is to venture into the basement. It's cold and a wee bit damp, and honestly, it's just plain scary. But I have a new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Intern_(2015_film)" target="_blank">intern</a> who was curious to see the basement, so we ventured down there this afternoon.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The last time I was down in the basement stacks, most of the lights didn't work, but luckily, that's been remedied. So as we poked through the rows of books, we were able to see what was there. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Many of the books were in German or Latin. And most of them were either late 1800s or early 1900s. I found several copies of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Schmidt's Jahrbücher Der Gesammten Medizin from the early 1900s. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqu7BMOQdaRRl2eEvD8YIhn_Bbv0XB6y5En3tONHWKmwBLzmABBT0X8WLTcFRVvJhTHlwour2_f_kYOE3mHcNnbdTacdVf1v3DjzAlVpoyF4tMvX9J4qr2tKLZtQXyuWA3RFbTmQQSDSbbbwntLp_FYJEB5SW8sPyjUHK3KZUq041_X4AgV-yUdk9HM0i/s1200/Basement%20%20(10).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqu7BMOQdaRRl2eEvD8YIhn_Bbv0XB6y5En3tONHWKmwBLzmABBT0X8WLTcFRVvJhTHlwour2_f_kYOE3mHcNnbdTacdVf1v3DjzAlVpoyF4tMvX9J4qr2tKLZtQXyuWA3RFbTmQQSDSbbbwntLp_FYJEB5SW8sPyjUHK3KZUq041_X4AgV-yUdk9HM0i/w480-h640/Basement%20%20(10).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Some Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Chirurgie in two different leather bindings.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcmAOsMtnBw98sluN22cBElCVSNY5yGgUgmRbmmdHV25mdbnvy59Oqq35d-VPHlgSXEP8f4EwM9rMYMKCv3t4RvWKgQnhrbgBO8Y6xgxS1qmzpAnT9Jk8XLdETnhQW2oaT3GlKzAnRsfMlV_mcSQjG41lLPdgArUmKCb6DMhEdcJOL1DdaNyu6dDdGNz0X/s2448/Basement%20%20(11).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="2448" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcmAOsMtnBw98sluN22cBElCVSNY5yGgUgmRbmmdHV25mdbnvy59Oqq35d-VPHlgSXEP8f4EwM9rMYMKCv3t4RvWKgQnhrbgBO8Y6xgxS1qmzpAnT9Jk8XLdETnhQW2oaT3GlKzAnRsfMlV_mcSQjG41lLPdgArUmKCb6DMhEdcJOL1DdaNyu6dDdGNz0X/w640-h236/Basement%20%20(11).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">A long row of Southern Surgical and Gynecological Transactions from the late 1890s. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoPvnCaQsQAWm29utKIKVf3WVlYE5mCKGfvaBWW16sZrkg7Kp9xYObzcET0m9-5cAgOx01Pbzsv5roBYXWZa9rFQe-etQHMJTPl39m681FMR5stJmbzK_i2ea6-lccoqtIARd91hE2ZirjLYM_O24QsBizmPJ4TRzimlX_xPCeRI9B9hbCok0aHyL3QBh/s1200/Basement%20%20(7).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoPvnCaQsQAWm29utKIKVf3WVlYE5mCKGfvaBWW16sZrkg7Kp9xYObzcET0m9-5cAgOx01Pbzsv5roBYXWZa9rFQe-etQHMJTPl39m681FMR5stJmbzK_i2ea6-lccoqtIARd91hE2ZirjLYM_O24QsBizmPJ4TRzimlX_xPCeRI9B9hbCok0aHyL3QBh/w640-h480/Basement%20%20(7).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Seitschrift fur Hygiene from the 1860s.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXSx0kV3BV3kDTUZ2HyFCURtVhJl42-UpQ1YHo2QZY47E7dRHs0lZ67qal8JkryvQv_XuBR7Ma6a8uirCV6HR2WoQRWcjC1HGMSBtZhpEMvmZhLd5KFHRokcxljtjnxVs6Y2hBOw8oC3gMZ97W_8qOKuF8cNkqDXGczYsT1olDoyAA7rXNnSPVeoZprJR6/s1200/Basement%20%20(6).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXSx0kV3BV3kDTUZ2HyFCURtVhJl42-UpQ1YHo2QZY47E7dRHs0lZ67qal8JkryvQv_XuBR7Ma6a8uirCV6HR2WoQRWcjC1HGMSBtZhpEMvmZhLd5KFHRokcxljtjnxVs6Y2hBOw8oC3gMZ97W_8qOKuF8cNkqDXGczYsT1olDoyAA7rXNnSPVeoZprJR6/w640-h480/Basement%20%20(6).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Some Ergebnisse der Chirurgie und Orthopadie.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosa7qRIpz7IfWMdaB4Vxd3qTKKAJhDgwhpTShefRSfWNFkHYNnfqcY2OZrnNL8t_YE-x_n9HRgJBwY9kGYjs64Ho0v9sHQ9xQgph3krq_34ikHs3Dx2cu7ET7s1Fwp9rEMi3LqARNiF7ReewR344RcsUKFOnD0cLkIyhEsdwB0iztxHLuCIoVrBWFhjMY/s1200/Basement%20%20(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosa7qRIpz7IfWMdaB4Vxd3qTKKAJhDgwhpTShefRSfWNFkHYNnfqcY2OZrnNL8t_YE-x_n9HRgJBwY9kGYjs64Ho0v9sHQ9xQgph3krq_34ikHs3Dx2cu7ET7s1Fwp9rEMi3LqARNiF7ReewR344RcsUKFOnD0cLkIyhEsdwB0iztxHLuCIoVrBWFhjMY/w640-h480/Basement%20%20(1).JPG" width="640" /></a></div>It's always fascinating to see what's in our collections, and where it's hidden!<br /> </span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span> </p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-22300904475681731112024-01-26T10:51:00.000-05:002024-01-26T10:51:05.489-05:00GO Ravens!<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It's always such fun in Baltimore when our sports teams are doing well. The Orioles literally knocked it out of the park this summer, and now the Ravens are playing this weekend for the league championship. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">Everyone is wearing purple and all of the major buildings around the city are also lit in purple. The atmosphere is so joyful and everyone, including some of older physicians, are participating in the fun. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4xKz37-v50BYHKoYpc0PJBdhRGjy3NFyuoZ_dbvnSJLvi_YjII9DF1f_wJtYEwQ4_hOri0SwY5OIOmBbBer9lDlTylZBrxDpRd4OtJR_tDN_hH4novHE9imSD7EAno45wQqTSyqjxK7TWcDxlxcdAl4ToPStond1FSgE5IVfzAPb_tySGEjbSkOmiv5Uu/s1466/Baltimore%20Medical%20Soc%20Docs2%20in%20colour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1466" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4xKz37-v50BYHKoYpc0PJBdhRGjy3NFyuoZ_dbvnSJLvi_YjII9DF1f_wJtYEwQ4_hOri0SwY5OIOmBbBer9lDlTylZBrxDpRd4OtJR_tDN_hH4novHE9imSD7EAno45wQqTSyqjxK7TWcDxlxcdAl4ToPStond1FSgE5IVfzAPb_tySGEjbSkOmiv5Uu/w640-h480/Baltimore%20Medical%20Soc%20Docs2%20in%20colour.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">Taylor Swift, whose boyfriend, Travis Kelce plays for the Kansas City Chiefs, even joined the fun. </span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">Everyone here at MedChi wishes the Ravens the very best on Sunday!</span></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-20130675656133355062024-01-25T12:32:00.000-05:002024-01-25T12:32:09.667-05:00We Have an Instagram Page!<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Center for a Healthy Maryland now has an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cfhmupdates/" target="_blank">Instagram page</a>! And we really hope you will give us a follow. There are so many interesting things that we find that really don't warrant an entire blog post, but they are fascinating none-the-less.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodk57haHTnVsfMssPKOw9h7PhRbNq4VhyphenhyphenW_lOa7uG5-VWIlElI_xGbipnXft4-6SOQ8nlk5nV8fATfzl8zkDy-BKVwrjNw7jX8zS571yljnYF9pn_0kl3bPPEKm95YE5c3MtE1Xb8PQFxOeZ3_bKBKP7bg8r7B2Mttf0c5hg8VMrA2sdfA_C-Mw7Hu8QU/s854/UM%20year%20book%201898.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="697" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodk57haHTnVsfMssPKOw9h7PhRbNq4VhyphenhyphenW_lOa7uG5-VWIlElI_xGbipnXft4-6SOQ8nlk5nV8fATfzl8zkDy-BKVwrjNw7jX8zS571yljnYF9pn_0kl3bPPEKm95YE5c3MtE1Xb8PQFxOeZ3_bKBKP7bg8r7B2Mttf0c5hg8VMrA2sdfA_C-Mw7Hu8QU/w522-h640/UM%20year%20book%201898.jpg" width="522" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Our goal is to post an item from our collections every day, as there is NO shortage of pieces here at MedChi. In fact, I am relatively certain that we could post every day for the next 225 years, and still have lots to go!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This image is the 1898 yearbook cover from the medical, dental and law schools at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. Great name!</span></span></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-35463252961949498262024-01-23T14:23:00.001-05:002024-01-23T15:30:32.671-05:00Celebrating Where It All Started 225 Years Ago!<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Although our founding date is actually January 20, we had to wait until January 22 to celebrate our first 225 years with the Maryland State Legislature. Members and friends gathered at Acqua Al restaurant in Annapolis, just up from <a href="https://medchiarchives.blogspot.com/2019/01/our-annapolis-building.html" target="_blank">our offices</a> on Main Street. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I am sure that the founding physicians gathered in the pubs and taverns of Annapolis to celebrate their accomplishments, and here we were, 225 years later, treading in their footsteps, and making our way to Maryland's State House. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlEJIVPnJe94OeABhssKuHC4t8qpXeurIkL23xeZjcpNWeGk10pzJMZ7uDzjmGZIqSQlo4P0njX5Gt3lf9Vl_oiYAr5y1L2xSkNKWXjxKj3BS_vN-h_t1Fx2DPH1iwi4MvqlnjdtWzK2TLzCkvs5GwdZ3QiL_a7U-4KFStq_TdFvYRwl_bOy3sBqLToZP/s3323/Photo%20Jan%2022%202024,%208%2037%2034%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3323" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlEJIVPnJe94OeABhssKuHC4t8qpXeurIkL23xeZjcpNWeGk10pzJMZ7uDzjmGZIqSQlo4P0njX5Gt3lf9Vl_oiYAr5y1L2xSkNKWXjxKj3BS_vN-h_t1Fx2DPH1iwi4MvqlnjdtWzK2TLzCkvs5GwdZ3QiL_a7U-4KFStq_TdFvYRwl_bOy3sBqLToZP/w436-h640/Photo%20Jan%2022%202024,%208%2037%2034%20PM.jpg" width="436" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">About a year ago, we began working with the Maryland State Archives to have them bring the original founding documents that chartered the Medical & Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland to the State House for the proclamations in the House and Senate. (Unfortunately, because of the mylar covering the document, it was very hard to photograph.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzqVVIPwco8uwd3kVYeKwDKNXa8GXqmpdOF2iEEXoWLfrWgejwLA2XS81oK7yI2PJ5LVlzNcQx1IBHFKoilleSI2My37JreFq2q8yLA_mIGTnIrKRdl4finq3IwAK3l4ZHRbIrGMPlfRIAX_XJJmBZxuLO1AyuLty18quUPDkiyY9vXPPsT_u5Jb9Pdld/s3024/Photo%20Jan%2022%202024,%206%2035%2005%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzqVVIPwco8uwd3kVYeKwDKNXa8GXqmpdOF2iEEXoWLfrWgejwLA2XS81oK7yI2PJ5LVlzNcQx1IBHFKoilleSI2My37JreFq2q8yLA_mIGTnIrKRdl4finq3IwAK3l4ZHRbIrGMPlfRIAX_XJJmBZxuLO1AyuLty18quUPDkiyY9vXPPsT_u5Jb9Pdld/w640-h640/Photo%20Jan%2022%202024,%206%2035%2005%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">That moment when the documents arrived where they had been signed 225 years ago was pretty moving. Although the original document is eight pages long, we only had the first and last pages. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Past Presidents and friends took turns having their photos taken with the founding documents, then everyone adjourned to the House and Senate Chambers to watch the proclamations given by the sponsoring legislators, Senator Clarence Lam, MD and Delegate Terri L. Hill.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgbL3P-U46Ql_79YwVcXA8qtDhoKUyyocfXaWOK5IRMFKkHAL2_Ru9XnisqObh-Vj_EaLedKMfOiWzfixJefNuOVHRp0Jp5-7emBqpLvuvjC1t67MktnnPHdTOm-DSHV3zxQMPdfmWuSnb410PrB8oDkFgM1bNP36Poe3SWgbZFhUL2kOy8kDIY1gE2Fp/s4032/Photo%20Jan%2022%202024,%207%2041%2025%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgbL3P-U46Ql_79YwVcXA8qtDhoKUyyocfXaWOK5IRMFKkHAL2_Ru9XnisqObh-Vj_EaLedKMfOiWzfixJefNuOVHRp0Jp5-7emBqpLvuvjC1t67MktnnPHdTOm-DSHV3zxQMPdfmWuSnb410PrB8oDkFgM1bNP36Poe3SWgbZFhUL2kOy8kDIY1gE2Fp/w640-h360/Photo%20Jan%2022%202024,%207%2041%2025%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">To see the House Proclamation, please <a href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/FloorActions/Media/house-9-?year=2024RS" target="_blank">click here</a>. It starts at about the 2:00 mark. Drs. Ben Lowentritt, MedChi's current President, and Renee Bovell, represented MedChi. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjby7ZmUHa9pusI0IFWmDYhw0JCP97SpvSvR8pYwGA5vUKTd2rLc3Mf7YyHO3Nw-YOA4AcCy8DxQVJXTw7qrvcYaDlcS2KbUxJ6geQXXmfcYzhDPsl6_oqiaB3gVSaqUNeRmVeYDHBlgTzV0oOFAL5FphPjPsM_rGLhHC6rXjTFXySlPLqgNSJuwz5JN5EC/s451/Photo%20Jan%2022%202024,%208%2005%2034%20PM.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="451" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjby7ZmUHa9pusI0IFWmDYhw0JCP97SpvSvR8pYwGA5vUKTd2rLc3Mf7YyHO3Nw-YOA4AcCy8DxQVJXTw7qrvcYaDlcS2KbUxJ6geQXXmfcYzhDPsl6_oqiaB3gVSaqUNeRmVeYDHBlgTzV0oOFAL5FphPjPsM_rGLhHC6rXjTFXySlPLqgNSJuwz5JN5EC/w640-h532/Photo%20Jan%2022%202024,%208%2005%2034%20PM.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">To see the Senate Proclamation, please <a href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/FloorActions/Media/senate-9-?year=2024RS" target="_blank">click here</a>. It starts at about 2:20. Drs. Padmini Ranasinghe and Loralie Ma represented MedChi. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSeCNPCHmiSGQZAzZk3fQADpzrhnMtaCPcolrPRUb4lE2yeLYQcmA2Qtp1RZlMcDncnOL227QQmG2jW-ezIXFDj91s8ckFMa5Th1V8M3_xXvVmvar5otDLmCnRGzk7BDEIglnlnOm4URTOCkulQoovYRdusSxnisi_R3rX_I32E6LFWSUecAyUHn339jul/s3069/Photo%20Jan%2022%202024,%208%2012%2032%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3069" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSeCNPCHmiSGQZAzZk3fQADpzrhnMtaCPcolrPRUb4lE2yeLYQcmA2Qtp1RZlMcDncnOL227QQmG2jW-ezIXFDj91s8ckFMa5Th1V8M3_xXvVmvar5otDLmCnRGzk7BDEIglnlnOm4URTOCkulQoovYRdusSxnisi_R3rX_I32E6LFWSUecAyUHn339jul/w472-h640/Photo%20Jan%2022%202024,%208%2012%2032%20PM.jpg" width="472" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us last evening, and to the Maryland State Archives who lent us the original documents!</span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Photos by Colleen George</i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-62212793908278540702024-01-20T10:47:00.001-05:002024-01-20T10:47:00.138-05:00Today's the Day! We are 225 Years Old!<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">“In all ages of the world, men engaged in the same pursuits
have united together for purposes of mutual advantage or protection.” So begins
Eugene Fauntleroy Cordell’s masterwork, “The Medical Annals of
Maryland, 1799 to 1899.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Prior to the American Revolution, all but one of the
Thirteen Colonies had a medical society. Although Maryland was one of the oldest colonies,
it was the seventh state to establish a medical society.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjy8YJGz6P1sYXewsJErs5DWIi7x_xCsbwTp0noFLUUDuaGvhDVAYXTsQwLxrOOooclbgTIAeyEQcFyYJMQBTP8BhQR33OfR2B8vGRov4p2p9x5eJNkbQvCnxYavRpnHKSaoAc1h6eBAlmQk-Lt802pI2Sb_VyWToamTXtvDmYtvwZt085xHmR5YLbZ5LF/s1600/2%20Original%20Colonies%20with%20med%20societies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1327" data-original-width="1600" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjy8YJGz6P1sYXewsJErs5DWIi7x_xCsbwTp0noFLUUDuaGvhDVAYXTsQwLxrOOooclbgTIAeyEQcFyYJMQBTP8BhQR33OfR2B8vGRov4p2p9x5eJNkbQvCnxYavRpnHKSaoAc1h6eBAlmQk-Lt802pI2Sb_VyWToamTXtvDmYtvwZt085xHmR5YLbZ5LF/w640-h530/2%20Original%20Colonies%20with%20med%20societies.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In 1779, Dr. Charles Wiesenthal made the first
attempt at establishing a state-wide society of physicians, but the idea did
not catch on. In 1790, Dr. George Buchanan wrote a letter to the citizens of
Baltimore, and suggested the registration of deaths and the organization of a
humane society. Again, the idea did not catch the attention of the city’s
physicians.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8pTUjc6oMT6tHDuuPl8QlCG7b9ixd-DGKi_HGfAljkIqt1eToRk0wPMfPk4nKSaC2wfRkCOwuERkKmyuiHro_QPYnAAC62aoPhSSZYbVQ3vqEidAurDdL7dpd-2sFmqsLlMSFP_KpvkmIcw-PclWcOgp22ere9qpqb60O2uuwyUCzQdcl4EYVjRfD-Eb/s4651/4%20quack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3598" data-original-width="4651" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8pTUjc6oMT6tHDuuPl8QlCG7b9ixd-DGKi_HGfAljkIqt1eToRk0wPMfPk4nKSaC2wfRkCOwuERkKmyuiHro_QPYnAAC62aoPhSSZYbVQ3vqEidAurDdL7dpd-2sFmqsLlMSFP_KpvkmIcw-PclWcOgp22ere9qpqb60O2uuwyUCzQdcl4EYVjRfD-Eb/w640-h496/4%20quack.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Beginning in 1785, physicians were discussing medical reform
and the prevalence of quackery in Maryland,and these discussions
led to an outline of a plan for a medical establishment. They petitioned the
Legislature asking for the appointment of a board of physicians whose duty
would be to examine and license all applicants.</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">However, many “physicians” objected to this proposal and the
original petitioners concluded that they were surrounded by “swarms of quacks.”
The petition was presented to the legislature, but it did not pass. At the
time, there were no formal medical schools in Baltimore, so Drs. Buchanan and
Wiesenthal began to lecture on the topics of anatomy, physiology, pathology,
and operative surgery. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In Harford County, a group including Dr. John Archer,</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi89saraGUAH6cSUwUEmB1TF29PH1DWhITaL7HWTDr4sa5IF68Sdhyp3h5lwyxgz2Z9pItNKdeZeKXlYDhVLCqPn-tMf0jpwehsRGZNzyR7HkAFG8Q7dJLwGmF8wVdXfLBNWmfNSxaiart6qtgNTmCo4BY68qYq1OW7b5rIuJdfKEuL-vUvr6vOq3iGV5PT/s1180/5%20Archer.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1180" data-original-width="957" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi89saraGUAH6cSUwUEmB1TF29PH1DWhITaL7HWTDr4sa5IF68Sdhyp3h5lwyxgz2Z9pItNKdeZeKXlYDhVLCqPn-tMf0jpwehsRGZNzyR7HkAFG8Q7dJLwGmF8wVdXfLBNWmfNSxaiart6qtgNTmCo4BY68qYq1OW7b5rIuJdfKEuL-vUvr6vOq3iGV5PT/w520-h640/5%20Archer.JPG" width="520" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">his </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">sons and the students at Dr. Archer’s Medical Hall,</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeoqBDO-M4G8J79Z_YVaRI6xEOOXgEb4rTN08ebbQSpSueDhnrqzwZ-I13dqrKh8P_a3Bn_VebBeot_dS09gK1hs3uUvYr_UwphBD_pSs_LNDRFtvpYzQDUDxlBJr1BxjK_TV6Q_qTU1nl_ebivV5jNyk8qlv6-_IpuTAWKp66zhuExMYfeoU3uc3FJ_XJ/s1024/6%20medical%20hall%20LoC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1024" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeoqBDO-M4G8J79Z_YVaRI6xEOOXgEb4rTN08ebbQSpSueDhnrqzwZ-I13dqrKh8P_a3Bn_VebBeot_dS09gK1hs3uUvYr_UwphBD_pSs_LNDRFtvpYzQDUDxlBJr1BxjK_TV6Q_qTU1nl_ebivV5jNyk8qlv6-_IpuTAWKp66zhuExMYfeoU3uc3FJ_XJ/w640-h518/6%20medical%20hall%20LoC.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>a rudimentary medical school, gathered on a regular basis to discuss
medical issues. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJ3O090OFxLnQk8FZaMNTUTJzbY8BLjBkBPSD-DMEdFD1wgrXebWoiS5MUXpsh3lKE4HRHFfl2hQtvUoVgeGuJFvAId98LrEZBeiAxLRLEjLzfHHncn6JuyQiL2NtlNwZ6i2Qh_Bxcqjdd2bSZk7BI2uL8ymPIWOzCEtcw4PshMvQBTTyczAeX1nM7k-T/s726/7%20MH%20way%20sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="682" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJ3O090OFxLnQk8FZaMNTUTJzbY8BLjBkBPSD-DMEdFD1wgrXebWoiS5MUXpsh3lKE4HRHFfl2hQtvUoVgeGuJFvAId98LrEZBeiAxLRLEjLzfHHncn6JuyQiL2NtlNwZ6i2Qh_Bxcqjdd2bSZk7BI2uL8ymPIWOzCEtcw4PshMvQBTTyczAeX1nM7k-T/w602-h640/7%20MH%20way%20sign.jpg" width="602" /></a></div>It was 1797 and the group was known as the Harford Medical
Society.</div><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The first attempt at organizing left an impression in the
minds of physicians for more than a decade and in 1798, the organizing began
again. Several physicians were recruited from
each of the then-19 counties of Maryland, and from the</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnSb-mhjdW6XQ8LIQWBsWLEhd03s9lXtGB4sOZBuuBjlP0drQ5jLrWePZ_EdGUnD73lnI8TzRBoOq280Ygn1jBW8D2INXLmh7-ruq0_cJqZUKCjfVwjWtyTUzrel6e1BfvcCsL8NhAbU9MeIihQjyLRL8PIm_3o0lUi42RqblKwT6OIQbFeurB7f6TTKR/s1600/8%20Maryland%20Counties.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="955" data-original-width="1600" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnSb-mhjdW6XQ8LIQWBsWLEhd03s9lXtGB4sOZBuuBjlP0drQ5jLrWePZ_EdGUnD73lnI8TzRBoOq280Ygn1jBW8D2INXLmh7-ruq0_cJqZUKCjfVwjWtyTUzrel6e1BfvcCsL8NhAbU9MeIihQjyLRL8PIm_3o0lUi42RqblKwT6OIQbFeurB7f6TTKR/w640-h382/8%20Maryland%20Counties.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">towns of
Annapolis and Baltimore, and eventually they became the 101 founders. These men
had trained at the best medical schools of the time – in Paris, Oxford,
Edinburgh, and Dublin in Europe, and locally, in Philadelphia. <o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In January of 1799, an act to establish and incorporate the
Medical & Chirurgical Faculty in the State of Maryland finally secured the majority
vote of the legislature. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWPbtWlPlwrUo60GCQhgGcT3ZxsEoR2a3PEvKLJ-W6yT5srjuw16Fj6ET_UA9bMfwQ_DuL-TrZrH6onq_rqxoQ23iJFxMhgHTONsiK-9G9RKRNty-kzYNSvdJHY2foA9_EWM0pvcP6e_znJXhHXR5umo-cwOlDg0RmLwBjFLZyWl9oYRYbPDt-DoUfPCI/s3347/10%201799%20original%20act.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3347" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWPbtWlPlwrUo60GCQhgGcT3ZxsEoR2a3PEvKLJ-W6yT5srjuw16Fj6ET_UA9bMfwQ_DuL-TrZrH6onq_rqxoQ23iJFxMhgHTONsiK-9G9RKRNty-kzYNSvdJHY2foA9_EWM0pvcP6e_znJXhHXR5umo-cwOlDg0RmLwBjFLZyWl9oYRYbPDt-DoUfPCI/w488-h640/10%201799%20original%20act.jpg" width="488" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The act directed physicians to promote
and disseminate medical and chirurgical knowledge and prevent citizens from
risking their lives at the hands of ignorant practitioners and pretenders to
the medical arts.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The first officers were to be
a President, Secretary, and Treasurer, as well as a 12-member Board of
Examiners “of the greatest chirurgical abilities in the State.” Seven of the
members would come from the Western Shore and five from the Eastern Shore.
Each person who was examined and received a medical license would pay the sum
of $10.00. Members elected to the Society would pay the same fee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">A name was given to the
organization, and was declared to be “one community, corporation and body
politic, known forever by and under the name of The Medical and Chirurgical
Faculty of the State of Maryland. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvzn16tbLRMCV1X5aDcB9sSjDP5cIBvczZuDGRlBlxPv8PT8kBWxMqpwlQGFO5O9U66Qs62N-diFX3CjdNOgKmX5_1YQIUwPcp4l1xUT2L0lGyGBQ9pC0hf5F7KPtlKk6Qv5U6iHWxR4dudx5s_wVYS2GP3U5MiX6Md7J5fD8gVLFa8s1iQUqdLjkdN3r/s604/11%20MedChi%20seal%20PNG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="604" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvzn16tbLRMCV1X5aDcB9sSjDP5cIBvczZuDGRlBlxPv8PT8kBWxMqpwlQGFO5O9U66Qs62N-diFX3CjdNOgKmX5_1YQIUwPcp4l1xUT2L0lGyGBQ9pC0hf5F7KPtlKk6Qv5U6iHWxR4dudx5s_wVYS2GP3U5MiX6Md7J5fD8gVLFa8s1iQUqdLjkdN3r/w640-h638/11%20MedChi%20seal%20PNG.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The annual meetings were set for
the first Monday in June, beginning in 1799 and then on the same date every
other year afterward.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWlBvM7DXN1ArF1Q05ABOjK_xsLcPN9qa8CBFphJIGTr4EH-O6nTcameh5VvPIrej6lGWBEg9zkSHmGCTpJTW7_ecU6zh3Dcpyg0ZM3RQKmUa8lrdXmXxSUFyxVKGHBk2pM-ZptYZfC7vvS36iIBDvNB7esfepm3_VLGiaWqa14Ct8luEsEQaynUDoW1_7/s2069/12%20First%20meeting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2069" data-original-width="1284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWlBvM7DXN1ArF1Q05ABOjK_xsLcPN9qa8CBFphJIGTr4EH-O6nTcameh5VvPIrej6lGWBEg9zkSHmGCTpJTW7_ecU6zh3Dcpyg0ZM3RQKmUa8lrdXmXxSUFyxVKGHBk2pM-ZptYZfC7vvS36iIBDvNB7esfepm3_VLGiaWqa14Ct8luEsEQaynUDoW1_7/w398-h640/12%20First%20meeting.jpg" width="398" /></a></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">However, nothing documents the first gathering of the group,
and it’s left up to Dr. Cordell’s imagination. He mentions that he has a
medical diary and notebook from Professor Nathaniel Potter from
1799, but the establishment of the organization is never discussed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Additionally, for the first
half century of the Faculty’s existance, there are very few records, save the
brief “Summary of Proceedings” published in 1807. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05Cuixun9Hm6D0FFM0qJpUTEd8z113RsxiSiaJoWtBRX_Qi39-X3OihFDrEQSL-40Nt1yC8P2ikyCbIY-ReHxMz4HX6vB0tRXQCzJAyvTPPx69S8Tx3ffQ41PKONJeSHtKAgv91uEtMztAGVx93OBcXjkNUP2CJRGhECl5OfMS9QJYtnFwIKcuIhinfBB/s768/14%20summary%20of%20proceedings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="532" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05Cuixun9Hm6D0FFM0qJpUTEd8z113RsxiSiaJoWtBRX_Qi39-X3OihFDrEQSL-40Nt1yC8P2ikyCbIY-ReHxMz4HX6vB0tRXQCzJAyvTPPx69S8Tx3ffQ41PKONJeSHtKAgv91uEtMztAGVx93OBcXjkNUP2CJRGhECl5OfMS9QJYtnFwIKcuIhinfBB/w444-h640/14%20summary%20of%20proceedings.jpg" width="444" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The yearly
Transactions weren’t published regularly until 1853. <sup><o:p></o:p></sup></span><p></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">However, members published
occasional papers and presented orations over the years and some of them remain
in their original hand-written form. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlyBE-V8WEHacQx-Cy4h-mmwwRkSNmGxA12TO8D_EYJG6btvWsvbb8Hi5gDOIues30FJh4XkI5tB-qlet45VTu2O2BdKsGuTKCQ0sAbdySZnUywiw_35x7l45Ayp1_aa4wq_-PqnAx9DQU5FKUAX2W6WpfEkNCScCDB_RrbFRsBy1l2w7P2shyiJ_0O1Z/s1500/15%20newspaper%20ad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="1500" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlyBE-V8WEHacQx-Cy4h-mmwwRkSNmGxA12TO8D_EYJG6btvWsvbb8Hi5gDOIues30FJh4XkI5tB-qlet45VTu2O2BdKsGuTKCQ0sAbdySZnUywiw_35x7l45Ayp1_aa4wq_-PqnAx9DQU5FKUAX2W6WpfEkNCScCDB_RrbFRsBy1l2w7P2shyiJ_0O1Z/w640-h282/15%20newspaper%20ad.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Additionally, notices and advertisements
were placed in local newspapers and medical journals, especially
in Baltimore, document our earliest days. </span><p></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-28294121300998479842024-01-09T11:12:00.003-05:002024-01-19T10:46:52.761-05:00It's Here! Our 225th Anniversary Year!<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It's finally here! We've been waiting 225 years for this to happen, and now it's here!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqESCX7JEQuNGp5vJNrw0F0jN3kgJPi5P1_bYSdcJH-_VOZJPeYhI6VoQ1iDT4Cxi9BPArfoR4I5ILU96yqhQdoiqTosOOWZNvN8jzO0_50GCD5FEzt9zjW0Szokp0krgDwwLY612PVTKubj9hkplUkgZKlGSHSckrGnidQcoAwtTGIkJgBEsNUMIKxeTl/s1280/225.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="1280" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqESCX7JEQuNGp5vJNrw0F0jN3kgJPi5P1_bYSdcJH-_VOZJPeYhI6VoQ1iDT4Cxi9BPArfoR4I5ILU96yqhQdoiqTosOOWZNvN8jzO0_50GCD5FEzt9zjW0Szokp0krgDwwLY612PVTKubj9hkplUkgZKlGSHSckrGnidQcoAwtTGIkJgBEsNUMIKxeTl/w640-h346/225.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I often wonder if the men who founded the Medical & Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland 225 years ago, ever imagined that their work to establish our organization would endure for more than two centuries!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Throughout our anniversary year, MedChi and the Center for a Healthy Maryland will be hosting numerous events and celebrations, the first of which will be in Annapolis on Monday, January 22, with a proclamation at the Maryland State House.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2W5QdMkRZI-Mcy3rnMp8gg4o5fyQ6OL8SD7n8xt_w8Ol2Q_DCRPl823gwBwky7ROcEyMdNPnczF8JikZ9hf_rVRpP9j-noq8V1Ndz3yw5SaZksrvp0eUfVUdGgQZS1DZayzV8eHt31oukeMIsklZghoqPaaiGAKNwPG9bpPg2bI-Qok5VskH8hLSKVYA/s632/225%20Jan%2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="462" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2W5QdMkRZI-Mcy3rnMp8gg4o5fyQ6OL8SD7n8xt_w8Ol2Q_DCRPl823gwBwky7ROcEyMdNPnczF8JikZ9hf_rVRpP9j-noq8V1Ndz3yw5SaZksrvp0eUfVUdGgQZS1DZayzV8eHt31oukeMIsklZghoqPaaiGAKNwPG9bpPg2bI-Qok5VskH8hLSKVYA/w468-h640/225%20Jan%2022.JPG" width="468" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We have been working with the Maryland State Archives to display our original charter from the Maryland State Legislature. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wVl4Q-eCKEy8yKSfioFly-5QzREQjLSLJ-DV2-esVTqGAIrwnw5HNJk5uw7Brf_zqW3NwygaifyYG6GSfHGgqHc_1neptxbui7iFNM6_TN3dQny1zLwc8zXcmsape9d98C9MH-anCmJkmAytUmWWThz7rlLyyT1CnQ1p_-w4pAaMmx1OPe6pcz0t5Y9Y/s3300/All%20Events%201-18-24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wVl4Q-eCKEy8yKSfioFly-5QzREQjLSLJ-DV2-esVTqGAIrwnw5HNJk5uw7Brf_zqW3NwygaifyYG6GSfHGgqHc_1neptxbui7iFNM6_TN3dQny1zLwc8zXcmsape9d98C9MH-anCmJkmAytUmWWThz7rlLyyT1CnQ1p_-w4pAaMmx1OPe6pcz0t5Y9Y/w494-h640/All%20Events%201-18-24.jpg" width="494" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">For a listing of more of this year's events, please click <a href="https://medchievents.org/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-2282664661202256202023-12-22T10:17:00.002-05:002023-12-22T10:17:44.116-05:00Happy Holidays!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <i style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Marcia
is taking a quiet few moments in the <br />Rare Book Room at the new<br />MedChi Museum of
Maryland Medical History <br />to wish everyone all of the best of the holiday
season!</span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i style="text-align: center;"></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WYOnGCzsq_-aq7RZie1uVrERYz_Zqw6nOaoOm2YQbDMExF7ouSO6e2Cda4mB3JnIKu9ePi9sV7zy4mK8PFkcoxWRUqdNDJP536RLRB949Fgt8fdeJ4Z_lkzgu0y2Ow6Xf7qhNVNuDV2e-zmYkcAy6tO3ZyIkqyYd3ldgNu1bs5znr9B52tP5K3Lh_I5q/s1458/2023%20Marcia%20Xmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1458" data-original-width="1260" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WYOnGCzsq_-aq7RZie1uVrERYz_Zqw6nOaoOm2YQbDMExF7ouSO6e2Cda4mB3JnIKu9ePi9sV7zy4mK8PFkcoxWRUqdNDJP536RLRB949Fgt8fdeJ4Z_lkzgu0y2Ow6Xf7qhNVNuDV2e-zmYkcAy6tO3ZyIkqyYd3ldgNu1bs5znr9B52tP5K3Lh_I5q/w554-h640/2023%20Marcia%20Xmas.jpg" width="554" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span><p></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-37364612817148298292023-12-05T09:36:00.002-05:002023-12-05T12:12:14.558-05:00Fall 2023 Newsletter<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Please click on each image to enlarge it.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmE2gTOQTNO4Esvk5Wl7m_sUwM8IyWdIaODnTtYGYnldTcZraxxmy4E6uqjElr-w8Pl2fh7WwA7N3n9WDXx_4ThMBD2R-w-8YCv91olwWchH4JVqhyphenhyphenwT4QITUui_ORQggs8sC3ieaDPHHW_yVrZmxYhSgIw2BX79ZJS9SuDwacl0pAcle_LHtfaV9YiH8g/s3010/fall%202023%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2363" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmE2gTOQTNO4Esvk5Wl7m_sUwM8IyWdIaODnTtYGYnldTcZraxxmy4E6uqjElr-w8Pl2fh7WwA7N3n9WDXx_4ThMBD2R-w-8YCv91olwWchH4JVqhyphenhyphenwT4QITUui_ORQggs8sC3ieaDPHHW_yVrZmxYhSgIw2BX79ZJS9SuDwacl0pAcle_LHtfaV9YiH8g/w502-h640/fall%202023%201.jpg" width="502" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje56xpASXXNFUOughBrNBYGOfBZF63-8OUXu-C-_AWvW8klGAxn5Y2i1lqeyNeHf1Wv2Hc62PqHlmoKo2yWIWxN9l1g9gZo3XuDAactEI0u6YE2dzDPXCtdm55W7Z5txm1pjOzfHMFviOjUsu5uwCyXVjuI6seDR3SwTOAgIBOybRn_130HFvhPcPIpjMw/s3010/fall%202023%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2363" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje56xpASXXNFUOughBrNBYGOfBZF63-8OUXu-C-_AWvW8klGAxn5Y2i1lqeyNeHf1Wv2Hc62PqHlmoKo2yWIWxN9l1g9gZo3XuDAactEI0u6YE2dzDPXCtdm55W7Z5txm1pjOzfHMFviOjUsu5uwCyXVjuI6seDR3SwTOAgIBOybRn_130HFvhPcPIpjMw/w502-h640/fall%202023%202.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CX5YofSUcN0CnLtJ3V_wuY3lnhfpp70Y7yVhYH2aMJCIz1TZBrzFV_i72iI_NWMtFxnRu5SLG2TqmSQpmwqwbvz7MYyydVA_1hyphenhyphenYKtYwMGCCccPelDCYAxhGqBAvu1ue9LEUm7PMlUqry9Ev5UDlTqjVM1kQL6OpmVYIBRJcCbeWIHvOnzYdXxJQrm9n/s3010/fall%202023%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2363" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CX5YofSUcN0CnLtJ3V_wuY3lnhfpp70Y7yVhYH2aMJCIz1TZBrzFV_i72iI_NWMtFxnRu5SLG2TqmSQpmwqwbvz7MYyydVA_1hyphenhyphenYKtYwMGCCccPelDCYAxhGqBAvu1ue9LEUm7PMlUqry9Ev5UDlTqjVM1kQL6OpmVYIBRJcCbeWIHvOnzYdXxJQrm9n/w502-h640/fall%202023%203.jpg" width="502" /></a></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXXKFkWQ6gn-sg8QHaOcG-meS9ZhfYYLz7S1WCTl6Em8npEVPzK7iiNzp7cH-8vILaLJEke3kzM5lzEzCsV3Je7dq5nxeCS9zuKVOleok6duRjhUYEWCp05QQtikKaRcaduoH0-9eAnhOCMVzwHuZsHftEuxjufMzaT6B37_1GZxBiOnMpzgLEoY_vwPk/s3010/fall%202023%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2363" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXXKFkWQ6gn-sg8QHaOcG-meS9ZhfYYLz7S1WCTl6Em8npEVPzK7iiNzp7cH-8vILaLJEke3kzM5lzEzCsV3Je7dq5nxeCS9zuKVOleok6duRjhUYEWCp05QQtikKaRcaduoH0-9eAnhOCMVzwHuZsHftEuxjufMzaT6B37_1GZxBiOnMpzgLEoY_vwPk/w502-h640/fall%202023%204.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">If you would like to receive the Center's newsletter, please <a href="mailto:Mfielding@medchi.org" target="_blank">click here</a>.</span></div><p></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-14048636540683378352023-11-28T11:26:00.003-05:002023-11-28T11:27:54.087-05:00Giving Tuesday 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_FKehIH2L3cxazT0WtVTa2rVjDXk_z0cPzBRy-Y_NlK7nA4wVpVoEMFgeKjYfBqNUYRwO5KR9M9-zYTjDPGbGdhWCHEJah9GS5_laXbfj0Tah4AagKVowJDmISO1YidgVbEZXK-kzR-BH4ZqLrZpunac2j0WP-29Tzl3_81b-vFFSXc-mza19wWQwyZRL/s800/giving%20tuesday.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_FKehIH2L3cxazT0WtVTa2rVjDXk_z0cPzBRy-Y_NlK7nA4wVpVoEMFgeKjYfBqNUYRwO5KR9M9-zYTjDPGbGdhWCHEJah9GS5_laXbfj0Tah4AagKVowJDmISO1YidgVbEZXK-kzR-BH4ZqLrZpunac2j0WP-29Tzl3_81b-vFFSXc-mza19wWQwyZRL/w640-h426/giving%20tuesday.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As we approach our 225th Anniversary in 2024, we have been
thinking back to our earliest days. Did the men (and yes, it was all men) ever
think that the organization they founded would still be active 225 years later?
Their initial idea of protecting their fellow citizens from "quackery and
pretenders to the medical arts" has abided over the centuries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">MedChi, and the Center for a Healthy Maryland (the foundation of
MedChi) are busier and more active than we have even been. Our programs and
services affect both physicians and the citizens of Maryland and preserve our
history for generations to come.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On <em>Giving Tuesday</em>, you can choose to support any of the
Center's programs:</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <strong>History of Maryland Medicine Committee </strong>has been busy
adding exhibits to the Museum. We received a donation of 300+ books from the
collections of Upton Scott, our first president, John Archer who received the
first medical degree in America, and Past President, Sir William Osler, MD. We
are making a series of videos and planning several events in preparation for
our 225th Anniversary in 2024. <a href="https://healthymaryland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=52c38b251bb32b3b698d88aea&id=7b12d16cdf&e=4898fcd71c" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">Click here to donate</span></a>.</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <strong>Maryland Physician Health Program </strong>assists physicians
in a confidential, private setting to address issues that may potentially
impact their ability to practice medicine, is meeting with client- physicians.
MPHP has hosted a series of Zoom lectures in conjunction with their 45th
Anniversary on the topic of physicians’ physical and mental health. The <strong>Dan H.
McDougal, MD Fund </strong>provides grants-in-aid to physicians who are
unable to afford the costs associated with rehabilitation and treatment
services. <a href="https://healthymaryland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=52c38b251bb32b3b698d88aea&id=ec6e1d99d0&e=4898fcd71c" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">Click here to donate.</span></a></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Over the past year, the <strong>Domestic Violence Program </strong>conducted
trainings and technical assistance to health care professional participants,
began providing Continuing Education Units and teaching physicians to recognize
intimate partner violence. <a href="https://healthymaryland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=52c38b251bb32b3b698d88aea&id=d608840fdd&e=4898fcd71c" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">Click here to donate</span></a>.</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Your support of the <strong>Center for a Healthy Maryland</strong>,
and our programs, will help us continue with the work that our staff is
carrying out on a daily basis. It will also help us to pursue the new
opportunities and projects which benefit our members.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="color: #656565; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">A copy of the current
financial statement for the Center for a Healthy Maryland is available by
writing to the Center at 1211 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, or
by calling 410-539-0872. Documents and information submitted under the Maryland
Solicitations Act are also available, for the cost of postage and copies, from
the Maryland Secretary of State, State House, Annapolis, Maryland 21401, or by
calling 410-974-5534.</span></em><span style="color: #656565; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></p><p> </p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-85784529854621027552023-11-23T11:56:00.002-05:002023-11-27T10:08:28.045-05:00Happy Thanksgiving!<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Happiest Thanksgiving From Every One of Us at MedChi...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMf7WvzdTzHug6HxUxYUAVx-lbT0n9Ua5UPZ8QZCqzTOShv5otuQB2t5mcnkaL0Z4PALnSG61MYlT5Zveh6E9ptDDg4bdecAItuls64G1QOxSEUgnogNBxmsABtt9P3FWlgVe_IwNYMKJ4Pmmao4PX9-7qPvzCuprD2dpVr_GqoAjsBSn200sYmBhtEiD2/s1644/2023%20Thanksgiving.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="1051" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMf7WvzdTzHug6HxUxYUAVx-lbT0n9Ua5UPZ8QZCqzTOShv5otuQB2t5mcnkaL0Z4PALnSG61MYlT5Zveh6E9ptDDg4bdecAItuls64G1QOxSEUgnogNBxmsABtt9P3FWlgVe_IwNYMKJ4Pmmao4PX9-7qPvzCuprD2dpVr_GqoAjsBSn200sYmBhtEiD2/w410-h640/2023%20Thanksgiving.jpg" width="410" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;">Past & Present!</span> </div></span><p></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-6434586247690902062023-11-21T11:15:00.000-05:002023-11-21T11:15:01.219-05:00Happy Anniversary, Marcia!<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It was on this day in 1896 that Marcia Crocker Noyes began a career at the Medical & Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland which would span the next 50 years, ending with her death just a few days after her anniversary. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_n53Dver4FHguYUv9z4Y3KBL9PZJa_sMutFoQ79TOqIT_nFUaDudirqCUf4wPmVaXTX6Iz8f95FNcdvpATzKRRUWm99cik7ys8gZrMjwhpgQPAmkbHRuJH0cdEopJijatDpCZ0GO-FdiiYqkO6RPYmXmAFdwOIt4pEm5BE_m9e2NERW370rrHc1hxyFe/s768/Marcia%20PNG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="428" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_n53Dver4FHguYUv9z4Y3KBL9PZJa_sMutFoQ79TOqIT_nFUaDudirqCUf4wPmVaXTX6Iz8f95FNcdvpATzKRRUWm99cik7ys8gZrMjwhpgQPAmkbHRuJH0cdEopJijatDpCZ0GO-FdiiYqkO6RPYmXmAFdwOIt4pEm5BE_m9e2NERW370rrHc1hxyFe/w356-h640/Marcia%20PNG.png" width="356" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Dr. William Osler recruited Marcia from her position at the Pratt Library on the advice of his friend, Bernard Steiner, who was head of the Pratt. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Just two short weeks later, her entire life had changed. She went from living with her sister and working at the Pratt to living alone at the Faculty's offices on Hamilton Terrace (now Eutaw Street) and working for the Faculty.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">She found a library collection in complete disarray and began the work of putting it in order, getting rid of books which were in bad condition and outdated. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Marcia was just 27 years old when she started at the Faculty, and while she had library skills, she didn't know about medicine. But she worked hard to make friends with the physicians, and with Dr. Osler's support of her, she succeeded in bringing the physicians to her side. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhQe8H4ij27BWorzrhBciNSMpTgSjkOWAnXeZbJUjlP8GQXPQ8DDvPfo5nc3E9xMiSyY0N4je-oDFnNcDnyzN_CJ5NYr6rwSRjtY_YbED-bImWRGleRBOzVyjUwSuBSCDEOMZt1KZ7khob8Bi2q_3EKtQgSdEZnuKcbBs3-vyNm77z7ZhEEYK0Fvuv05F/s3559/Marcia%20PNG2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3559" data-original-width="2646" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhQe8H4ij27BWorzrhBciNSMpTgSjkOWAnXeZbJUjlP8GQXPQ8DDvPfo5nc3E9xMiSyY0N4je-oDFnNcDnyzN_CJ5NYr6rwSRjtY_YbED-bImWRGleRBOzVyjUwSuBSCDEOMZt1KZ7khob8Bi2q_3EKtQgSdEZnuKcbBs3-vyNm77z7ZhEEYK0Fvuv05F/w476-h640/Marcia%20PNG2.png" width="476" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">She helped found the Medical Library Association, which has named their highest award after her. She went on to travel extensively, visiting other medical societies around the country, and spending time at her camp in the Adirondacks.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS3AU01uVhgZhUWWuYSYuIUEzd8GYaQL1SnJGAlH5KK_YYqx86bzef517TyoXru6ZAqeHioYdJ3Uw1WG846KKsUkob7R25tde0dNjqd3FrO6jeROiF4YHotfVFlQb4MmKOH4npFyCIOvpFA9UUvkLSr2hDlZ9g3ar2SbyuiEJW6ZJCD4yH6mpnOUhhRwaL/s1100/Noyes%20in%20colour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="851" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS3AU01uVhgZhUWWuYSYuIUEzd8GYaQL1SnJGAlH5KK_YYqx86bzef517TyoXru6ZAqeHioYdJ3Uw1WG846KKsUkob7R25tde0dNjqd3FrO6jeROiF4YHotfVFlQb4MmKOH4npFyCIOvpFA9UUvkLSr2hDlZ9g3ar2SbyuiEJW6ZJCD4yH6mpnOUhhRwaL/w496-h640/Noyes%20in%20colour.jpg" width="496" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Eventually, Marcia was named as the Executive Secretary of the Faculty, surely one of the first women at that time to head a state medical society. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">She held that position until her death on November 24, 1946, just a few days after her 50th Anniversary with the Faculty. Her influence and presence echoes down through the years, and through the hallways.</span></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-32600076724128905872023-11-14T15:43:00.001-05:002023-11-14T15:43:23.089-05:00Say WHAT?<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">At the House of Delegates Meeting in late October, we took some time to interview a number of our past presidents. We asked them all of the same six question, so we'd have a benchmark from which to work. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We got about two or more hours of footage, but needed to read through what had been said so we could develop a theme. We ran the audio through a talk-to-text feature and got 72 pages of text!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">As I began to edit the document, I noticed some strange phrases kept popping up. All of a sudden, it dawned on me - the talk-to-text app didn't understand what MedChi was or what it meant.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So without further delay, I present to you some of the alternatives to MedChi that I just cut and pasted directly from the document!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Magpie<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Mankind<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">med Kai<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">that Chi<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">okay<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">MED<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Mankiw<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">my case<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Medica<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Medicare<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">MetLife<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Medco<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">my guy<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Mad cow<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">the case<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Mecca<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Mai Tai<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Bettye<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Medicaid<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Med K.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">met God<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">med Guy<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">McHigh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Meg Chi<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">that guide<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">that day<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Makai<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">that time<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">for Tai<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">med chis<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">med case<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">bedtime<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">America<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">my faith<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">make that</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Which is your favorite? Mine is Mad Cow!</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span><p></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-86509769741987794852023-11-01T14:09:00.004-04:002023-11-01T14:09:35.721-04:00Ghost Tours Were a HUGE Success!<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">MedChi and the Center for a Healthy Maryland hosted the inaugural Ghost Tours on Monday, October 30 and Tuesday, October 31 at MedChi's 1909 Building.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The tour started in our History Hallway with an explanation of who we are and what we do. Then we went up to the Krause Room, which was the old reading room and talked about Marcia and her history before and after she began working at the Faculty.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcShXNjntKEMBFGk1YivUnTelPPtgTmfCcf-C_c4cGowp8kTx6v8JgW354ZYV_xOrh78BzIiJhjRdmHEooyHoMa0llybQnNwedFC0_q9Nbj5RS2VegPTrrUTUv06aFYNgExE_VZALjH_Si-gIuX9hzzuuzkeVOIk0uwOyYiuqzJnLpRslLltbxo7PnmWS/s2000/BSO%20party.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1501" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcShXNjntKEMBFGk1YivUnTelPPtgTmfCcf-C_c4cGowp8kTx6v8JgW354ZYV_xOrh78BzIiJhjRdmHEooyHoMa0llybQnNwedFC0_q9Nbj5RS2VegPTrrUTUv06aFYNgExE_VZALjH_Si-gIuX9hzzuuzkeVOIk0uwOyYiuqzJnLpRslLltbxo7PnmWS/w480-h640/BSO%20party.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">After that, we headed over to the stacks, which interested everyone. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcdyRpaKhzONpsuVn876EaQGXu-NvePZt7CnVXq-4sOWhwc3vMbe2z2bnLtxBK8F00N-LvOmH_VzhFjW8PyoukLKHYgx0vWzV3k_DUUcues6uAJHHQU0g0Anw1HhYUIrgGNpiv0uQccjnblDc2HEEZWUrvHMJHhznvaMxfkaoSAtuPPOqycG0JTPoBTCvK/s611/archives%20shelfie%5B2%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="611" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcdyRpaKhzONpsuVn876EaQGXu-NvePZt7CnVXq-4sOWhwc3vMbe2z2bnLtxBK8F00N-LvOmH_VzhFjW8PyoukLKHYgx0vWzV3k_DUUcues6uAJHHQU0g0Anw1HhYUIrgGNpiv0uQccjnblDc2HEEZWUrvHMJHhznvaMxfkaoSAtuPPOqycG0JTPoBTCvK/w640-h636/archives%20shelfie%5B2%5D.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Sadly, we didn't see Marcia, but we told the groups plenty of stories about her. Then it was downstairs to the see the newly opened MedChi Museum of Maryland Medical History, and those collections of books. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TIMLIjcbmLJZwV6pF_hMN-KrgxIu2JZ95m4AZpmeYNkCvlWyLWatpTBIcg4z9mbf6vB1pEcmNfqznNvhc9cqW7o5Jp6_QKFymIceMSS1gfy0pS_AJP3YjxnoAWSEOa30LcXyuX0Otai4m268SidoRLzUYObu60sCCngHfG493m9pmL-TLb_nghzlrY92/s1200/Photo%20Oct%2025%202023,%2012%2004%2053%20PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TIMLIjcbmLJZwV6pF_hMN-KrgxIu2JZ95m4AZpmeYNkCvlWyLWatpTBIcg4z9mbf6vB1pEcmNfqznNvhc9cqW7o5Jp6_QKFymIceMSS1gfy0pS_AJP3YjxnoAWSEOa30LcXyuX0Otai4m268SidoRLzUYObu60sCCngHfG493m9pmL-TLb_nghzlrY92/w640-h640/Photo%20Oct%2025%202023,%2012%2004%2053%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Finally, it was on to Osler Hall, where we told stories of Marcia's life at the Faculty, her friendship with Sir William Osler and sightings of Marcia in the Hall.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since the second night of the Ghost Tours was Halloween, we told people they were welcome to dress up, so some of them did!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoYRYENRafyrNjiCCr8h5TpyUgq7cNwiyJLnjTJTlU589Fvd3rX6JKkJq8GSUHDfG_rYFNdKGAMvUYym5QsUqqYm6phachUvTx6-n2SDIIexayJoV2XB9K6AJoLCYgM9w3Lkm28bPN-kWTl6W5K9dgxxxwqbf5GdWL1GjxbpHp6PM-M13kCFBULpBiRKt/s2016/Top%20Hats%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoYRYENRafyrNjiCCr8h5TpyUgq7cNwiyJLnjTJTlU589Fvd3rX6JKkJq8GSUHDfG_rYFNdKGAMvUYym5QsUqqYm6phachUvTx6-n2SDIIexayJoV2XB9K6AJoLCYgM9w3Lkm28bPN-kWTl6W5K9dgxxxwqbf5GdWL1GjxbpHp6PM-M13kCFBULpBiRKt/w480-h640/Top%20Hats%202.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you had a Happy Halloween and that it wasn't toooo spooooky!</span><p></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-45709061298477851662023-10-31T10:22:00.003-04:002023-10-31T10:22:27.347-04:00Happy Halloween!<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We are going all out for Halloween this year. We are having Ghost Tours of the building for two nights, and both sold out almost immediately! We decorated a bit, draping the busts in black tulle (with sparkles!) and offered our guests Halloween candy. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoVp2yD8mroqJG43TGMh4FivdkaAKxGq6ptuX9qBhgxDsmHWEpkp5vou8HzOdZBQ3o6EcdQQfgqzX4MZtXJseACiVCZEcWPFPAW7C5Xx4jN0zPo2t5exOvXtaQB4wn_5XPpAN0oPlcLPjsxs3FZXepOJba6uo74HYbSr-mmaTjQWtYgpIFq5tNgoCFiSi/s800/Bust%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoVp2yD8mroqJG43TGMh4FivdkaAKxGq6ptuX9qBhgxDsmHWEpkp5vou8HzOdZBQ3o6EcdQQfgqzX4MZtXJseACiVCZEcWPFPAW7C5Xx4jN0zPo2t5exOvXtaQB4wn_5XPpAN0oPlcLPjsxs3FZXepOJba6uo74HYbSr-mmaTjQWtYgpIFq5tNgoCFiSi/w640-h640/Bust%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">As we walked around the building, I told stories about the building, its history, MedChi's history, of course, Marcia and all of the people who had sighted her over the years. We walked through the museum, and discussed some of the important features.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Our friends at the Baltimore Banner have posted a great video that's perfect for Halloween! <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzD9YOcMJZf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==" target="_blank">Click here</a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">From all of us at MedChi, especially Marcia, <span style="color: #ff4d00;">HAPPY HALLOWEEN</span>!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9Wr2an455ypiXorANEzSFRWcJOcJ6_rs3gYmc-MufTkVBAbT0iNOdHjKS8nhL1tva91BxtYACbcA6eGsLNxHq0fmo137GES88pqooscyeU25V7Gq39wBFrSWbt0HuMbTS7zLCNLVPBvMgQkaB5WkZMoW2lSUzzUuevx_2lYhS6j5neh0k7r4pU6-P227/s2000/Halloween%202017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9Wr2an455ypiXorANEzSFRWcJOcJ6_rs3gYmc-MufTkVBAbT0iNOdHjKS8nhL1tva91BxtYACbcA6eGsLNxHq0fmo137GES88pqooscyeU25V7Gq39wBFrSWbt0HuMbTS7zLCNLVPBvMgQkaB5WkZMoW2lSUzzUuevx_2lYhS6j5neh0k7r4pU6-P227/w384-h640/Halloween%202017.jpg" width="384" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-29126189311656420632023-10-26T11:12:00.003-04:002023-10-26T14:32:23.450-04:00Phase II Museum Opening<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">On Tuesday, October 17, in conjunction with the annual Hunt History of Medicine Lecture, we opened Phase II of the MedChi Museum of Maryland Medical History. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXcTZCgZgaBeFl5Ff-V8BA7Q80V0vL04Y6LmOT1TiYTHyxxz9AFBcSMWO0CFWTXlZQsi6fNVOPwk-cYFarX1DSkFWufdBQJ_rM9Fi10ytVj5T7o5ojCXPSjWL5PvT6saLznAF8mZ0nG4K6dt0Br8AqOsi4_qs5GdMgBouKiCbpbrt-FgGgzvcsnNzV1Ea/s550/Round%20logo%20PNG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="543" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXcTZCgZgaBeFl5Ff-V8BA7Q80V0vL04Y6LmOT1TiYTHyxxz9AFBcSMWO0CFWTXlZQsi6fNVOPwk-cYFarX1DSkFWufdBQJ_rM9Fi10ytVj5T7o5ojCXPSjWL5PvT6saLznAF8mZ0nG4K6dt0Br8AqOsi4_qs5GdMgBouKiCbpbrt-FgGgzvcsnNzV1Ea/w395-h400/Round%20logo%20PNG.png" width="395" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Among the new displays are:</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">35 years of photographs of our past presidents.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXkE2IRcX3lkzmD4G0xZ1EAPrUoUN17gPp9RzjQwoeN4gQTmcLx3tuIGYyD47K6gU5tlTslouc2Vwb5yuArykm-GbIFX1mWCiHads3P7UfLIVpMz03QzP504AY20LeRDCuBHyA1eON9-yRmznpiPx4SVfHOCI5fSZKtbSTDPDq8-Rn6O4wnQq8PtCvbN__/s896/Photo%20Oct%2025%202023,%2012%2004%2033%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="881" data-original-width="896" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXkE2IRcX3lkzmD4G0xZ1EAPrUoUN17gPp9RzjQwoeN4gQTmcLx3tuIGYyD47K6gU5tlTslouc2Vwb5yuArykm-GbIFX1mWCiHads3P7UfLIVpMz03QzP504AY20LeRDCuBHyA1eON9-yRmznpiPx4SVfHOCI5fSZKtbSTDPDq8-Rn6O4wnQq8PtCvbN__/w640-h630/Photo%20Oct%2025%202023,%2012%2004%2033%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">A handicap ramp between our two buildings.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgteuJ1uz8hhc1locSmBaiXhCHo57U8jWmfx-pdeIm1Sk8isUq-ezPXRk7WUbGTz-BNqFu_opeeBKZkcPME4O30Do79q7RN4gYTM2VhWtQ94TUy98EzZH9Ucfb7ImzxLwAlkMTPduK3qm6zFOysm4dvlj26Skqjy_AhOctpQf2HeR5ufkq85nY-xX1molWz/s1200/Photo%20Oct%2025%202023,%2012%2002%2002%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgteuJ1uz8hhc1locSmBaiXhCHo57U8jWmfx-pdeIm1Sk8isUq-ezPXRk7WUbGTz-BNqFu_opeeBKZkcPME4O30Do79q7RN4gYTM2VhWtQ94TUy98EzZH9Ucfb7ImzxLwAlkMTPduK3qm6zFOysm4dvlj26Skqjy_AhOctpQf2HeR5ufkq85nY-xX1molWz/w640-h640/Photo%20Oct%2025%202023,%2012%2002%2002%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">A bust of Dr. John Whitridge, sculpted by William Rinehart in Rome in 1874.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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For now, visits are limited to business hours. </div></span><p></p>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542666087447510958.post-66441833273512546152023-10-11T15:00:00.001-04:002023-10-19T14:24:32.045-04:00Ghost Tour<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><u>Please join us for the First Annual Ghost Tour!</u></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiskAfvPdkyHsI5nAMkyfS4xW1bcbgix-b2cVz3gDDlF5cfeQuyAxZxpe5m3b9GydHitu0lN_o2-pg8J0RcCwakkMoLScElWMGiN47YQtdqam3lSGI1phbsWHc2oCFLOdgQdoQJf6WlfArtbKMmawl6ypUzqJi_ysZHqAiOxOCYDct_FARb1OiAaV4TuqPn/s3000/1909%20+%20Marica.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1414" data-original-width="3000" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiskAfvPdkyHsI5nAMkyfS4xW1bcbgix-b2cVz3gDDlF5cfeQuyAxZxpe5m3b9GydHitu0lN_o2-pg8J0RcCwakkMoLScElWMGiN47YQtdqam3lSGI1phbsWHc2oCFLOdgQdoQJf6WlfArtbKMmawl6ypUzqJi_ysZHqAiOxOCYDct_FARb1OiAaV4TuqPn/w640-h302/1909%20+%20Marica.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202020; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Marcia Crocker Noyes began
working as our Librarian at MedChi in 1896, and worked for us until her death
in 1946. She not only worked for us, she had an apartment in our building,
so that she could be available at any time of day or night to assist physicians
who needed a book. She was our own personal Google!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">When Marcia died in 1946, her
funeral was held in our historic Osler Hall and she was buried in the historic
Greenmount Cemetery. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizbi6TbiGr736dGxGMhGC_kIALSJ_y3G_iNCo6X6B-upPz5TQPaS8OQfj6oSZq-86OMUPHAsS2nbjnWGpW_Mo2WPDAA7OK8RJD7IETNts_oUqPF1WSmuL6PFI_obKXYFk0xU-1uYHmoolEXfbC-6KXURKsYcgqYsyQQA8UC1bYRMGhTZSSJ2oksgy_IObI/s768/Marcia%20PNG.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="428" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizbi6TbiGr736dGxGMhGC_kIALSJ_y3G_iNCo6X6B-upPz5TQPaS8OQfj6oSZq-86OMUPHAsS2nbjnWGpW_Mo2WPDAA7OK8RJD7IETNts_oUqPF1WSmuL6PFI_obKXYFk0xU-1uYHmoolEXfbC-6KXURKsYcgqYsyQQA8UC1bYRMGhTZSSJ2oksgy_IObI/w356-h640/Marcia%20PNG.png" width="356" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But she never really left MedChi and the building and
library she loved so much. </div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">For decades, there have been stories of staff members and others hearing footsteps echo in the hallways or on the stairs, finding items which appear with no explanation, or catching a glimpse of a figure our of a corner of an eye...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">On <strike>Monday, October 30</strike> <strike>and</strike> Tuesday, October 31, from 6:30 to 7:30, MedChi will be hosting a Ghost Tour of MedChi's Historic Headquarters Building in Mount Vernon, which is reputed to be one of the five most haunted buildings in Baltimore. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">While we can't guarantee that you will see Marcia, we will tell you stories of her haunting of the building, show you our extensive stacks library, our timeless art collection and the </span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">historic</span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"> medical equipment our physicians have used for the past 225 years. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">To reserve a spot, please click on the QR code below, or open it with your phone. Tickets are $10 per person and will support the preservation of our archives. Reservations are required. And don't forget to select which date you'd like to attend!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://the-center-for-a-healthy-maryland.snwbll.com/ghost-tour" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="422" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorehCzhk2mZrR0L5hDWGpOJHOrjHlTtdBFIpqd7vXyyP-2uo4He-DIMwTFVYndMQCOF6XRohoxEphuMBGgqEuQkuc6SL5_RMjaLDBV6uPPu7K9fqpluJuDX5EIQ-H2NkhmpCC7LctcjYkvxdi5N9V6wYuoF0f6f9hth-PskOhJ4o-nnyHIjz5keF3ac0L/s320/QR%20Code%20for%20Tour.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">We will look forward to seeing you then!</div></span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="padding: 6.75pt 0in 0in;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: -2.25pt; margin-right: -2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: left; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; text-align: left; width: 100%;"><tbody>
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