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 a patient with an inflamed kidney on
February 24, 1908.
Dr. Trimble's portrait was presented to the Faculty at the Annual Meeting on April 23, 1918. 
There is also a bronze of Dr. Trimble in the building.
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