Alexius McGlannan

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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