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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