Artist: Unknown; Oil on canvas
Harry Friedenwald was born in Baltimore in 1864 and attended Johns Hopkins
University receiving his A.B. in 1884. After graduating from the College of
Physicians and Surgeons with a medical degree in 1886, he went on to lecture on
diseases of the eye and ear at his alma mater.
Following a year as Vice President at Medical
and Chirurgical Faculty, Dr. Friedenwald became the President of the newly re-organized Baltimore
City Medical Society in 1904. He also served as President in 1913.
His legacy is not only medical, but historic. In 1930, he presented his
extensive collection of art and manuscripts, including important and rare books
on medicine, to the University of Palestine.
Harry Friedenwald combined his medical career with an equally-important
career as a leader in the Zionist movement.
From The Baltimore City Medical Society’s “A History”
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