Artist: Willem Wirtz; Oil on canvas
Alexius McGlannan was born in
Baltimore in 1872, was educated at Calvert Hall College and received his Ph.G.
from the Maryland College of Pharmacy and then his M.D. from the College of
Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore.
He was an Assistant Resident
Physician at City and St. Joseph’s Hospitals. He became a Physician at St.
Elizabeth’s Home for Children in 1887. Dr. McGlannan (alternately spelled
McGlannon) was a professor of Psychological Chemistry and a Demonstrator of
Surgical Pathology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr. McGlannan was the President
of Bon Secours Hospital. He performed an amputation on Dr. Christian Deetjen, a
physician who was an early pioneer in X-ray technology.
His
offices were at 114 W. Franklin Street in Baltimore, an area where a number of
other physicians resided, including Sir William Osler, M.D.
His wife Sally Porter Law McGlannan was among the first women
to graduate from Johns Hopkins.
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