Frederick E.B. Hintze

Artist: Clark; Oil on canvas
Frederick E.B. Hintze was born in Baltimore in 1803 and was a son of Dr. Charles Hintze. He received his M.D. at the University of Maryland, 1823. Hintze became Treasurer, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, a position he held from 1856 to 1859.
He became Vice-President, American Medical Association in 1864. He was a member of the Baltimore City Council and Chairman of the Board of Health of Baltimore many years.
Hintze was involved in an early legal case against Horatio Jameson. Jameson was a rising star at the University of Maryland and out of jealousy a group of physicians established the Washington University, a competing medical school. Dr. Hintze distributed 500 pamphlets disparaging Dr. Jameson’s surgical skills. So Jameson sued Hintze.
Dr. Hintze was fined $50, which cannot but be considered a singularly fortunate escape on his part. According to Jameson, Hintze had assigned away his property to avoid the result of a decision against him.
Died in Wilmington, Delaware on October 12, 1865.

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