Birth: 1801
Death: 1870, Nov. 4
Occupation: doctor

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  MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY
  
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  RECORD
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  Author
  Cohen, Joshua I., 1801-1870.
  
  Title Statement
  Scrapbooks, 1861-65.
  
  Description
  1 box.
  
  Title Statement
  Scrapbooks, 1861-65.
  
  Restriction Note
  Unrestricted.
  
  Summary, Etc. Note
  Review:  Newsclippings collected by Dr. Joshua I. Cohen covering the years
  1861-65. Contains clippings on all phases of the Civil War including major
  battles, editorials dealing with the crisis, printed speeches of the
  president, congressmen, and senators, articles of local Baltimore interest
  especially the arrest of Southern sympathizers. VOL. I-1861-1865. VOL.
  II-1862. VOL. III-1863.
  
  Terms of Use
  Information on literary right available in repository.
  
  Source of Acq. Note
  Gift; Estate of Bertha Cohen; 1929.
  
  Associated Materials
  See Cohen Collection 251, 251.2, 251.3, 251.4.
  
  Biog./Historical Note
  Dr. Joshua I. Cohen-1801-70; graduated U. of MD Medical School, 1823;
  treasurer Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of MD, 1839-56, president
  1857-58; prof. of geology and mineralogy U. of MD.
  
  Indexes/Finding Aids
  Indexes: See Cohen inventory in MS Reference Room.
  
  Elect. Loc./Access
  www.mdhs.org/library/mss/ms0251_1.html
  
  Call Number
  MS 251.1
  
  Location
  Special Collections Reading Room
  

  Source:

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  MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY
  
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  RECORD
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  Author
  Wood, George B.
  
  Title Statement
  Letter : to Dr. Joshua I. Cohen 1801-1870, 1842 May 30.
  
  Title Statement
  Letter : to Dr. Joshua I. Cohen 1801-1870, 1842 May 30.
  
  Summary, Etc. Note
  Summary:  Is sending US PHARMACOPIA volume to Medical and Chirurgical
  Faculty of Maryland.
  
  Subject
  Cohen, Joshua I., 1801-1870.
  
  Call Number
  Vertical File
  
  Location
  Main Reading Room
  

  Source:

• Dates: 1791-1879
  Notes: COHEN, Joshua I. (1801-1870), pioneer otologist, was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1800, graduated at the University of Maryland in 1823, and after having been a student in Dr. Nathaniel Potter’s office soon devoted himself to the study of ear disease. He was an intimate friend of George Frick (q. v.), the oculist, and, like him, had wide interest in science beyond the domain of medicine. Thus for a time he became professor of mineralogy in the academic department of the University of Maryland. He was much interested in her Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, was the treasurer from 1839 to 1856, and president from 1857-58; also an active member of the Maryland Academy of Sciences. He practiced until about 1851, devoting himself almost exclusively to otology, and his reputation as an aurist was considerable.

  In 1840 he established, in connection with his friend, Dr. Samuel Chew (q. v.), an eye and ear institute in Baltimore. Dr. Cohen was one of the earliest, perhaps the first aurist in this country. He has left us but one publication which pertains to diseases of the ear. It is entitled “Postmortem Appearlaces in a Case of Deafaess,” “American Medical Intelligencer,” July, 1841, to July, 1842, p. 226, vol.1. He died in Baltimore in 1870.

  Harry Friedenwald
  Source: Kelly, Howard A. and Burrage, Walter J., Dictionary of American Medical Biography: Lives of Eminent Physicians of the United States and Canada, From the Earliest Times [reprint of 1928 edition] Boston: Milford House: 244

• Dates: 1801-1870
  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: 83-84
• Dates: 1801-1870
  Notes: Born at Richmond, Va., 1801. Student of Dr. N. Potter; M.D., University of Maryland, 1823; Attending Physician, Maryland Hospital for the Insane; Member of the City Council, 1827; Professor of Mineralogy, University of Maryland; a Founder (with Prof. S. Chew) of an Eye and Ear Institute, 1840; Otologist, Eye and Ear Institute; Treasurer, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, 1839-56; President, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, 1857-58. He devoted himself almost exclusively to Otology. “One of the earliest aurists, perhaps the first in this country.” (Friedenwald). Died at Baltimore, 1870.
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 358
• Dates: 1823
  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: 169
• Dates: 1823-1825
  Notes: Attending Physician, Baltimore General Dispensary
  Source: Baxley, C. Herbert, ed., A History of the Baltimore General Dispensary Baltimore: Baltimore General Dispensary Foundation, Inc.: 109
• Dates: 1823-4
  Notes: Served as Attending Physician, Baltimore General Dispensary, 1823-4
  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: 251
• Dates: 1826
  Notes: “German Society of Baltimore organized; J.I. Cohen and A. Wagner, physicians.”
  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: 33
• Dates: 1827
  Notes: Served on Baltimore City Council, 1827
  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: 248
• Dates: 1828
  Notes: CHAPTER 205. Session Laws, 1827 session: An act to incorporate the Maryland Hospital. Passed March 14, 1828
  Source:
• Dates: 1830-4
  Notes: Served as Baltimore School Commissioner, 1830-4
  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: 249
• Dates: 1834
  Notes: Served on Finance Committee, 1834
  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: 248
• 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: 1857
  Notes: Dr. Joshua I. Cohen elected President of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty.
  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: 41-42