Isaac Trimble

Artist: Louis P.  Dieterich, Oil on Canvas
Isaac Ridgeway Trimble was born at Wye House in Talbot County, Maryland on October 10, 1860. He was a member of an old Maryland family whose roots extended back to the early days of Maryland’s founding. He was the grandson of Major General Isaac R. Trimble, a hero of the Confederate Army.
He was educated at Shenandoah Valley Academy and Johns Hopkins University. He received his M.D. from University of Maryland in 1884.
Dr. Trimble was a Resident Physician at the University Hospital, 1884-85; Assistant Surgeon, Fifth Regiment of Maryland National Guard from 1889 to 1899; Surgeon, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, from 1890 until his death; Professor of Anatomy and Operative and Clinical Surgery, Woman's Medical College, Baltimore, 1891-99; Dean, Woman's Medical College, 1894-96; Lecturer on Clinical Surgery, University of Maryland, 1894-99; Professor of Anatomy and Clinical Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore; Surgeon in Chief, United Railway and Electric Company of Baltimore.
Dr. Trimble was also a member of many of the influential clubs and societies in Baltimore during his lifetime.
He had a large and influential medical practice, and gave what spare time he had to the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty. 
He died young from blood poisoning following surgery on an inflamed kidney on February 24, 1908. 

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