Birth: 1806, Apr. 29
Death: 1863, Dec. 25
Occupation: doctor

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• Dates:
  Notes: Obituary, Baltimore Daily Gazette, December 28, 1863.
  Source:
• Dates: 1806-1863
  Notes: Samuel Chew, born in Calvert County, Maryland, on April 29, 1806, was educated at Charlotte Hall, and graduated A.B. and M.A. from Princeton College. Afterwards he studied medicine under Dr. William Donaldson and took his M.D. from the University of Maryland in 1829, practising in Calvert County for about five years and then moving to the capital. In conjunction with Dr. Joshua Cohen (q.v.), he established an Eye and Ear Institute in 1840, himself taking the ophthalmological work. In 1841 he became professor of materia medica and therapeutics in the University of Maryland and in 1852 he was professor of the principles and practice of medicine, a post he held until his death from pneumonia on Christmas day, 1863.

  In addition to his other positions, he was dean of the Medical School, 1842-1844, and vice-president of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty from 1859 to 1863.

  Dr. Chew was a man of classical tastes and scholarly attainments. He was a frequent contributor to periodical literature and addresses, many of which were published. His latest and most extensive work was a 12mo volume, published in Philadelphia in 1864, and intended chiefly for medical students; it was entitled “Lectures on Medical Education.” This work was left unfinished at his death but was completed and published by his son, Dr. Samuel C. Chew (q.v.). The last words which he wrote in it were “Sic itur ad astra.” He was also a co-editor of the Maryland Medical and Surgical Journal, the official organ of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty in 1843.

  Eugene F. Cordell

  See Cordell’s History of the University of Maryland for portrait.

  Source: Kelly, Howard A. and Burrage, Walter J., American Medical Biographies Baltimore: Norman, Remington Company: 215

• Dates: 1806-1863
  Notes:
  Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 78
• Dates: 1806-1863
  Notes: Born in Calvert County, Md., April 29, 1806. Educatd at Charlotte Hall, St. Mary’s County, and Princeton; A.B., Princeton, 1825; A.M., Princeton, 1828; student of Dr. William Donaldson, of Baltimore; M.D., University of Maryland, 1829; practiced in Calvert County, 1829-34l moved to Baltimore, 1834; Librarian, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, 1835-41; Treasurer, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, 1838-39; Attending Physician, Baltimore Eye and Ear Institute, 1840; Professor of Materia Medica, University of Maryland, 1841-52; Dean, University of Maryland, 1842-44; Professor of Practice, University of Maryland, 1852-63; Orator, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, 1858; Vice-President, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, 1859-63; author of “Lectures on Medical Education,” 12mo, Philadelphia, 1864 (edited by his son). Died at Baltimore, December 25, 1863. (Trans. American Medical Association, 1865).
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 349
• Dates: 1829
  Notes: M.D., University of Maryland
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Historical Sketch of the University of Maryland School of Medicine (1807-1890), with an Introductory Chapter, Notices of the Schools of Law, Arts and Sciences, and Theology, and the Department of Dentistry, and a General Catalog of Medical Alumni Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 168
• Dates: 1840
  Notes: Eye and Ear Infirmary established at 88 North Howard Street, by Drs. J. I. Cohen and S. Chew (January 1).
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 697
• Dates: 1841
  Notes: “Dr. Sam’l Chew, Professor of Materia Medica in [Medical University].”
  Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 37
• Dates: 1841-63
  Notes: Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Historical Sketch of the University of Maryland School of Medicine (1807-1890), with an Introductory Chapter, Notices of the Schools of Law, Arts and Sciences, and Theology, and the Department of Dentistry, and a General Catalog of Medical Alumni Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 210
• Dates: 1842-44
  Notes: Dean, University of Maryland School of Medicine
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Historical Sketch of the University of Maryland School of Medicine (1807-1890), with an Introductory Chapter, Notices of the Schools of Law, Arts and Sciences, and Theology, and the Department of Dentistry, and a General Catalog of Medical Alumni Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 209
• Dates: 1852
  Notes: Dr. Sam. Chew, Professor of Practice, Maryland Medical University.
  Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 40
• Dates: 1863
  Notes: Dr. Samuel Chew ob. aet. 57.
  Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 42