J799 
1899 
Centennial Anniversary 
OF THE 
Medical andChirurgicalFaculty 
OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND 
HELD IN 
McCoy Hall of Johns Hopkins University 
BALTIMORE MD. 
APRIL 2jth, 26th, 27th and 28th, 1899 
PROGRAMME OF THE SESSIONS OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 
FOR THE YEAR 1898-99 
President 
Samuel C. Chew 
V ice-Presidents 
Mary Sherwood J. McPherson Scott 
Recording Secretary 
J. Williams Lord 
Assistant Secretary 
Robert T. Wilson 
Corresponding Secretary 
W. Guy Townsend 
Reporting Secretary 
H. O. Reik 
Treasurer 
Thomas A. Ashby 
Librarian 
Miss Noyes 
Executive Committee 
Wm. Osler Wm. H. Welch L. McLane Tiffany Robt. W. Johnson 
Ex-officio the President Secretary and Treasurer 
Trustees 
L. McLane Tiffany T. A. Ashby G. Lane Taneyhill I. E. Atkinson 
Wilmer Brinton William Osler George J. Preston 
Wm. H. Welch Clotworthy Birnie 
Centennial Committee 
Samuel T. Earle Jr. Chas. M. Ellis Thomas S. Latimer 
Thomas A. Ashby John I. Pennington G. L. Taneyhill 
J. Whitridge Williams J. McPherson Scott GENERAL NOTICES 
The Secretary's Office will be found in the corridor of McCoy Hall. This office will 
be open on Tuesday afternoon at four o’clock, and on each succeeding day from 9 a. m. 
Members are requested to register their names and addresses at once, to pay their 
annual dues, and to ask for the centennial badge. 
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP 
At the Secretary’s desk will be found application blanks for membership, which may 
be signed by members of the profession in good standing in the state and city, and upon 
payment of the initiation fee of five dollars the Examining Board will pass upon the candidate 
and he will be admitted during the present session. 
Visiting physicians from outside the city and state will on registering be regarded 
as guests of the Faculty. 
RAILROAD AND STEAMBOAT RATES 
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. 
Philadelphia & Reading R. R. From Reading Terminal,. Reading or Harrisburg. 
Western Maryland R. R. 
Northern Central R. R. Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. 
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic R. R. Co. 
Weems’ Steamboat Co. 
Lehigh Valley R. R. Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. 
Baltimore & Lehigh R. R. 
The above Railroads and Steamboat Lines reduce fares to about one and one-third for 
the round trip. Address Dr. J. D. Iglehart, 1214 Linden Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
3 BUREAU OF INFORMATION 
Members and visitors wishing information about any of the details of the programme 
or receptions and entertainments will apply at the Bureau of Information at the Secretary’s 
Office. 
ANNUAL DINNER OF THE FACULTY 
The Annual Dinner of the Members of the Faculty will be held at the Hotel Rennert 
on Thursday evening, April 27th, at seven o’clock. Tickets $5.00. Members wishing to 
subscribe must hand in their names at the Secretary's Office not later than twelve o’clock 
on Wednesday, after which hour no applications can be received. 
Ladies of the families of members and guests are cordially invited to the address of 
the President on Tuesday evening, and to the reception following, and also to the address 
of Professor W. W. Keen on Wednesday evening. 
4 PROGRAMME 
TUESDAY, APRIL 25 
8 P. M.—Invocation, His Eminence, The Cardinal Archbishop of 
Baltimore 
Formal opening of the meeting by the Hon. Lloyd 
Lowndes, Governor of the State of Maryland 
Address by Prof. S. C. Chew, President of the 
9.30 P. M.—Reception by the Faculty 
Faculty 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26 
College of Physicians and Surgeons 
12 M.—Demonstration of the Pasteur Methods in the Diagnosis and 
Treatment of Rabies: Dr. Keirle. Dr. Keirle will give this 
demonstration in the Pathological Laboratory of the Johns 
Hopkins University. 
Owing to alterations in the building of the College of Phy- 
sicians and Surgeons, the Faculty regret that they will 
not be able to hold any clinics or demonstrations. 
Baltimore University, Bond St. 
10 A. M.— Medical Clinic. Gastrodiaphany, Dr. C. Urban Smith. 
11 A. M.—Surgical Clinic, Dr. Biedler. 
12 M.—Gynaecological Clinic, Dr. Sellman. 
12 M.—Eye and Ear Clinic, Dr. T. Cooke, Jr. 
Johns Hopkins Hospital 
10 A. M.—Medical Clinic, Dr. Osier. 
10.30 A. M.—The New Researches on Malaria, Dr. Thayer. 
11 A. M.—Surgical Clinic, Dr. Halsted. 
5 11 A. M.— Pathological Demonstrations, Dr. Welch. 
12 M.— Gynaecological Clinic, Dr. Kelly. 
The Anatomical Laboratory and the New Laboratories of 
Pharmacology and Physiology will be open for inspec- 
tion under the direction of Drs. Mall, Abel and Howell, 
between io A. M. and i P. M. 
1.30 P. M.— Luncheon, Hall of the Faculty, 847 N. Eutaw St. 
3 P. M.—Scientific Meeting, McCoy Hall. Papers by 
Dr. E. G. Janeway, of New York: Clinical Observations on 
Some Forms of Heart Disease. 
Dr. Herman Knapp, of New York: On Some Landmarks in 
the History of Ophthalmology. 
Dr. George Ben Johnstofl, of Richmond: Limitations of Con- 
servative Pelvic Surgery. 
Dr. W. W. Johnston, of Washington: J. Hughes Bennett, 
His Services to Medicine. 
Dr. Samuel Alexander, New York: The Management of 
Vesical Calculus in Prostatics. 
8 P. M.— McCoy Hall. Annual Oration, by Prof. W. W. Keen, of 
Philadelphia, on the Debt of the Public to the Profession. 
9.30 P. M.—Private Receptions. 
9.30 P. M.—“ Smoker,” Hall of the Faculty, 847 N. Eutaw St. 
Institutions Open for Inspection 
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Physician-in-Charge, Dr. F. J. Kirby. 
Bay View Asylum, Superintendent, L. F. Zinkhan. 
Baltimore City Insane Hospital, Physician-in-Charge, Dr. R. E. Garrett. 
Church Home and Infirmary, Physician-in-Charge, Dr. F. D. Gavin. 
Hebrew Hospital and Asylum, East Monument St., 10 A. M. 
Presbyterian Eye, Ear and Throat Charity Hospital, 1007 E. Baltimore St. 
Home for Incurables. 
Laboratories of the City and State Boards of Health. 
6 THURSDAY, APRIL 27 
University of Maryland, Lombard and Green Sts. 
10 A. M.—Surgical Clinic, Dr. Tiffany. 
11 A. M.— Medical Clinic, Dr. I. E. Atkinson. 
ii A. M.— Abdominal Section, Dr. T. A. Ashby. 
12 M.—Electrical Illumination of the Stomach. Intubation of the 
Duodenum, Dr. J. C. Hemmeter. 
12 M.—Illustration of Methods Employed at the Municipal Bacteriological 
Laboratory, Dr. W. R. Stokes. 
Baltimore Medical College, Madison St. and Linden Ave. 
10 to 11 A. M. 
(a) Exhibition of Pathological Specimens and Slides in Projec- 
tion Microscope. 
(b) Bacteria in Cultures and under the Microscope, Dr. Potter. 
(c) Demonstrations in Clinical Laboratory, showing New Method 
of determining Haemoglobin and Indican, Dr. Whitney. 
11 to 11.30 A. M. 
(a) Case of Melancholia Treated from Indications given in 
Clinical Laboratory, Dr. Hill. 
(ft) Exhibition of New Instruments in Nose and Throat Work, 
Dr. Merrick. 
11.30 to 1 P. M. 
(a) Abdominal Section, Dr. Moseley. 
(d) Operation for Haemorrhoids, Dr. Earle. 
(y) Exhibition of Successful Case of Extirpation of Bifid Uterus 
at Full Term, Saving Mother and Child, Dr. Blake. 
(d) Turning off Carotids in Operations on Head and Neck. 
Surgical Cases, Dr. Johnson. 
7 Woman’s Medical College, iioo McCulloh St. 
The College Buildings and Laboratories will be open for 
inspection. 
Maryland Medical College of Baltimore, 1114 W. Baltimore St. 
10 A. M.— Inspection of Laboratories and Demonstrations. 
11 to 12 A. M.— Neurological and General Medical Clinic, Drs. Hodgdon 
and Kintzing. 
12 to i P. M.— Surgical Clinic, Dr. Branham. 
1.30 P. M.—Luncheon, Hall of the Faculty, 847 N. Eutaw St. 
3 P. M.—Scientific Meeting, McCoy Hall. Papers by 
Dr. E. H. Bradford, of Boston: A Study of the Human Gait. 
Dr. A. Jacobi, of New York: European Medicine about 1799. 
Dr. H. C. Wood, of Philadelphia: Nostrums—the Profession, 
the Law. 
Dr. Roswell Park, of Buffalo: Cancer as a Parasitic Disease. 
Dr. J. C. Edgar, of New York: Obstetric Teaching. 
7 P. M.—Annual Dinner of the Faculty, Hotel Rennert. 
Institutions Open for Inspection 
Union Protestant Infirmary, 1514 Division St. 
Baltimore Eye, Ear and Throat Charity Hospital, 625 W. Franklin St. 
Hospital for the Women of Maryland, John St. and Lafayette Ave. 
Nursery and Child’s Hospital, Shroeder and Mulberry Sts. 
Robert Garrett Free Hospital for Children, 27 N. Carey St. 
Hospital for Consumptives of Maryland, Hoffman St. and Park Ave. 
Hospital for the Relief of Crippled and Deformed Children, 2000 North 
Charles St. 
Maryland Hospital for the Insane, Catonsville, Md. 
8 Mt. Hope Retreat for the Insane, Mt. Hope, Md. 
St. Agnes Hospital, Caton and Wilkins Aves. 
FRIDAY, APRIL 28 
io A. M.—Demonstration of Orthpredic Cases and Methods of Treat- 
ment at the Hospital for the Relief of Crippled and 
Deformed Children, 2000 N. Charles Street: Dr. R. T. 
Taylor. 
1 P. M.— Luncheon and Reception by the Trustees of the Sheppard and 
Enoch Pratt Hospital, Towson. 
Reception at the Second Hospital for the Insane, Sykesville, Md. 
8 P. M.—Business Meeting in the Hall of the Faculty. 
SPECIAL EXHIBITS 
In the corridors of McCoy Hall and in the Donovan Room there will be 
a series of interesting exhibits, a special catalogue of which will be issued. 
(a) Portraits, Busts and Relics of Founders and of distinguished deceased 
physicians of Maryland. 
(b) In the Donovan Room a literary and pictorial representation of the 
chief epochs in medicine. 
(y) A collection illustrating the text-books and literature of the year of 
the founding of the Faculty, 1799. 
(d) A collection of works illustrating the development of art in medicine. 
The exhibit of the manufacturing chemists and publishing firms will be 
in the basement of McCoy Hall. This has been made a very special feature of 
the meeting, and members of the profession are cordially invited to inspect the 
collections of drugs, instruments and books. 
9 COMMITTEES 
Programme Committee 
J. Williams Lord, Wm. H. Welch, John S. Fulton, Charles M. Ellis, 
Wra. B. Canfield. 
Committee on Ways and Means 
William Osier, T. A. Ashby, Wilmer Brinton, C. F. Bevan, Edward N. 
Brush, Harry Friedenwald, R. W. Johnson, and the Presidents of all the Local 
and County Medical Societies of the State. 
Committee on the Historical Exhibit 
Wm. H. Welch, J. Whitridge Williams, Howard A. Kelly, Stewart 
Paton, H. B. Jacobs, C. C. Shippen, C. C. Bombaugh, E. F. Cordell, F. E. 
Chatard, George Reuiing, Christopher Johnston, Waller B. Platt. 
Sub-Committee on Portraits 
H B. Jacobs, F. E. Chatard, I. R. Trimble, H. M. Hurd, Charles M. 
Ellis, E. F. Cordell, C. C. Shippen, A. S. Mason, C. G. W. Macgill, Franklin 
B. Smith, Clotworthy Birnie, James Bordley, Louis Carrico, J. E. M. Chamber- 
laine, S. C. Chew, J. E. Bromwell, Charles F. Davidson, B. W. Goldsborough, 
W. F. Hines, Charles P. Jones, T. B. Johnson, J. Lee McComas, W. E. 
Magruder, J. A. Stevens, C. W. Wainwright, C. F. Nolen, J. E. Clagett. 
Committee on Art in Medicine 
George Reuling, H. A. Kelly, Stewart Paton, T. S. Cullen, Mr. Max 
Brodel, Mr. A. S. Murray. 
Sub-Committee for Exhibition Illustrating History of Medicine 
in the Year 1799 
J. Whitridge Williams, Aaron Friedenwald, Carey Gamble, Jr., Macher 
Warfield, Charles O’Donovan, Berwick Lanier, Joseph E. Gichner. 
10 Reception and Hospitality Committee 
S. C. Chew, Charles H. Ohr, Henry M. Wilson, Abram B. Arnold, 
Thomas S. Latimer, G. W. Miltenberger, I. E. Atkinson, John Morris, 
A. Friedenwald, T. A. Ashby, W. H. Welch, L. McL. Tiffany, R. W. Johnson, 
C. G. Hill, C. M. Ellis, H. M. Hurd, Randolph Winslow, G. J. Preston, 
John D. Blake, Louise Erich, C. W. Mitchell, J. M. Craighill, David Streett, 
J. Clement Clark, Herbert Harlan. 
Pharmaceutical and Book Exhibit Committee 
R. W. Johnson, S. T. Earle, G. Lane Taneyhill, Wm. B. Canfield, 
Horace M. Simmons, Flora Pollack, Chas. H. Riley, Clotworthy Birnie, 
W. F. A. Kemp, Julius Friedenwald. 
Committee on Invitations 
I. E. Atkinson, Howard A. Kelly, L. McL. Tiffany, J.Whitridge Williams, 
Samuel Theobald, Thomas Opie, J. T. King, John Neff, Charles O’Donovan, 
L. E. Neale, Eugene McE. Van Ness, James E. Gibbons. 
T. S. Latimer, J. D. Iglehart, S. B. Bond, I. R. Trimble, John Neff, 
W. B. Canfield. 
Committee on Transportation 
Committee on Hotels 
H. H. Biedler, J. G. Wiltshire, C. Hampson Jones, Jas. A. Steuart, 
Alfred M. Belt, M. B. Billingslea, B. B. Browne, Edward N. Brush, D. W. 
Cathell, Thos. S. Cullen, Geo. A. Hartman, G. G. Rusk, James Bosley, 
Geo. L. Wilkins. 
G. Lane Taneyhill, S. K. Merrick, W. A. B. Sellman, Robert T. Wilson, 
Mary Sherwood, E. F. Cordell, Joseph T. Smith, Hiram Woods, Jr., Charles 
E. Sadder. 
Committee on Badges. 
Committee on Music. 
Edwin L. Turnbull, B. Merrill Hopkinson, John C. Hemmeter, J. W. 
Funck. 
Committee on Entertainment. 
T. A. Ashby, J. W. Lord, R. W. Johnson. 
11 MINUTES OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE FACULTY. 
“Federal Gazette,” Monday June 10, ijgg 
At a meeting of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, begun and 
held at the city of Annapolis, on Monday, the 3rd day of June, in conformity to an act of the 
General Assembly of the State of Maryland, passed at their last session, entitled An act for 
establishing and incorporating a Medical and Chirurgical Faculty or Society for the State of 
Maryland, 
Doctor Upton Scott, of Annapolis, was chosen President of the Faculty, 
Doctor Ashton Alexander, of Baltimore, Secretary, 
Doctor John Thomas Shaaff, of Annapolis, Treasurer. 
The following gentlemen were chosen as a Medical Board of Examiners: 
For The Western Shore. 
Doctors John Parnham, of Charles county; Philip Thomas, of Fredericktown ; John 
Thomas Shaaff, Annapolis; Ashton Alexander, Baltimore; Richard I. Duckett, Prince George’s 
county ; William Beanes, Jr., Prince George’s county; John Archer, Sr., Harford county. 
For The Eastern Shore. 
Doctors James Anderson, Sr., Kent county ; James Davidson, Queen Anne’s county ; En- 
ualls Martin, Talbot county; Perry E. Noel, Talbot county ; Stephen T. Johnson, Talbot county. 
“Federal Gazette,” Saturday, June 15, ijgg 
At a general meeting of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, convened at 
the city of Annapolis, on the first Monday in June, 1799 : 
Ordered, That the Secretary have published, in some of the most public newspapers of 
the State of Maryland, an abstract of the proceedings of this meeting, so far as relates to the 
appointment of the officers of the Faculty ; the Medical Board of Examiners for each shore, and 
such of the by-laws, rules and regulations as relate to the times and places of meeting of the 
said boards of examination, with the time and places appointed for the general meeting of the 
Medical Faculty. 
1. The Faculty shall convene at the city of Annapolis the first Monday in June, 1801, and 
every second year thereafter. 
4. The Board of Examiners for each shore shall, and they are hereby directed, to meet 
annually. The Board of Examiuatian for the Western Shore shall meet at the city of Annapo- 
lis the first Monday in June, and the Board for the Eastern Shore at the town of Easton, the 
second Monday in April, annually, for the purpose of examining and granting certificates to 
applicants who are desirous to practice medicine and surgery within this State. Any two mem- 
bers of the Boards of Examination, respectively, are authorized to call a special meeting of 
their board whenever they may think it expedient. 
12. The President of the Faculty shall be, and he is hereby empowered, to call a special 
meeting of the P'aculty at any time intervening the periods fixed for the established meetings, 
whenever he may judge that the interest of the Facultj’- requires it, of which two months’ notice 
shall be given in some of the most public newspapers on the two shores. 
Order, 
Ashton Alexander, 
THE DEUTSCH COMPANY, PRINTERS 
BALTIMORE 
Secretary to the Facility.