Thomas Sargent Latimer was born in Savannah, Georgia on June 17, 1839. He
was educated at Sherwood Academy in York, Pennsylvania. In 1861, he received
his medical degree from the University of Maryland.
From 1862 to 1865, he was Assistant Surgeon and Surgeon in the Confederate
Army at Richmond. From 1865 to 1866, he was a Resident Physician at the
Baltimore Infirmary. Beginning in 1866, he was a Professor of Anatomy at the Baltimore
College of Dental Surgery.
In addition, he held the following positions in the College of Physicians
of Baltimore: Histology and Pathological Anatomy (1873); Surgery (1873-1876);
Physiology and Diseases of Children (1876-1883); Practice of Medicine (1888); and
others.
Dr. Latimer was President of the Faculty of the College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Baltimore, as well as President of the Baltimore Medical
Association (1872-1873) and Orator of the Medical & Chirurgical Faculty in
1873. He joined the Faculty in 1866. Dr.
Latimer became its Vice President from 1882 to 1883 and President from 1884 to
1885. He was a member of the Lunacy Commission of Maryland.
He was Co-Editor Baltimore Medical Journal (1870-1871). In 1873, he became
a contributor to Harris Principles and
Practice of Dentistry and Loomis Text
Book of Medicine.
He died at his home in Baltimore of an affection of his kidneys May 16
1906 aged 67.
“He was a gentle
quiet un-ostentatious worker and investigator and as such exerted great power
and influence. He was careful and exact in his methods of work and his results.”
I found a very old framed drawing (portraiture) of Thomas S. Latimer born 1837-died 1906 I thought it was a photograph but closer looking at the picture it was a drawing done by by artist Emilie Hergenroeder born 1858 - died 1925 I also found 2 other portraiture's one is of Richard Gundry M.D. born 1830 died 1891 and the other one is of Augustus F. Erich M.D. born 1837 died 1886 all 3 of these portraiture's are in very old wood frames the size of these are about 24" x 36" and signed by artist Emilie Hergenroedor. Who could I contact to see if anyone would be interested in these? Thank you
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting us know you have these. If you'd like to donate them to us, we'd be delighted to accept them. Please email me at events at medchi dot org
DeleteThank you for your reply. I will email you with some picture's and talk more on the subject. Thank you
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