Jacob Henry Hartman

Artist: Marie DeFord Keller; Oil on canvas

Jacob Henry Hartman was born in Baltimore on November 15, 1847.  He was privately educated and then attended Princeton College, and was a pupil of Dr. Nathan Ryno Smith, and received his M.D. from University of Maryland in 1869.

Dr. Hartman studied in Berlin, Vienna, Paris and London from 1869 to 1872. He was a lecturer on Diseases of the Throat and Chest at the Washington University from 1874 to 1877, and an Attending Surgeon Baltimore Throat Dispensary for about five years beginning in 1875. He was admitted to the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty in 1877.

He was a Founder and Attending Surgeon at the Baltimore Eye, Ear and Throat Charity Hospital in 1882, and a Consulting Surgeon at the Hospital for Consumptives. Dr. Hartman became a Vice President of the American Laryngological Association from 1883 to 1884 and again from 1890 to 1891. He was a specialist in diseases of the nose, throat and chest.

“Dr. Hartman was a gentleman. In his relation with his friends, he was cordial and loyal. His every act was that of a man of culture refinement and dignity.”

Dr. Hartman had offices at №5 West Franklin Street in Baltimore, just a few houses from Dr. William Osler.