Artist: Unknown; Oil on canvas
Dr. Edward J. Chaisty was born near Baltimore, December 22, 1813. He
received his A.B. from St. Mary’s College, 1832. He was a student of Dr. N.R.
Smith at the University of Maryland from 1835 to 1837 when he received his M.D.
Dr. Chaisty was a demonstrator of Anatomy, University of Maryland
(Trustee’s School), 1837-39; Assistant Health Commissioner, Baltimore, 1849;
Vaccine Physician, 1854; Member of Maryland Legislature, 1867, 1871, 1875, and 1877.
His most noted accomplishment was as author of “The London Dissector, Or,
Guide To Anatomy; For The Use Of Students” (Baltimore, 1839, pp. 273). The
London Dissector comprises a description of the muscles, vessels, nerves,
lymphatics and Viscera of the Human Body as they appear in dissecting, with
directions for their demonstration.
Dr. Chaisty has been assigned the credit of having made first successful
operation for removal of the ovaries in Baltimore, this honor is equally
claimed for Dr. John Murphy. Dr. Chaisty was an “eminent physician, ripe
scholar, finished orator, and a high-minded and honorable gentleman.”
Dr. Chaisty died in
Baltimore, August 16, 1882.
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