Birth: 1816, Aug. 28
Death: 1882, Nov. 25
Occupation: doctor

Associated Counties

• Baltimore City
• Talbot

Additional Information

• Dates: 1816-1881
  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: 87
• Dates: 1816-1882
  Notes: Born at Baltimore, August 28, 1816. A.B., Yale, later; M.D., Washington University, Baltimore, 1838; began practice at Baltimore; practiced at Easton, Md., 1843-48; President, Talbot County Medical Society; Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, Philadelphia College of Medicine, 1848-49; Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, 1849; President, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, 1856-67; Orator, 1850; Surgeon, U.S.A., 1861-62; Surgeon-General of Maryland, 1862; Vice-President, American Medical Association, 1863-64; Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, 1864; L.L.D., Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., 1867; Commissioner of Pensions, 1868; Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, Georgetown University, 1869; Anatomy added in 1870; President of the Board of Health, D.C., 1871; Editor of National Medical Journal, Washington, 1870-72; Associate Editor, Baltimore Patriot. Died at Washington, November 25, 1882.
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 364
• Dates: 1831-1838 between
  Notes: Graduate, Washington Medical College
  Maryland
  Source: Abrahams, Harold J., Extinct Medical Schools of Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society: 26
• Dates: 1861-1864
  Notes: Christopher C. Cox appointed surgeon, Brigade U.S. Vols (MD) Oct. 7, 1861; resigned Dec. 31, 1864. Stationed at Dix’s Division Dec. 1861-Feb. 1862 and medical purveyor Mar. 31, 1862-Aug. 1862, Oct. 1862-Nov. 1864.
  Source: Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, Service Record Cards of Volunteer Surgeons, 1861-65. National Archives, Washington DC
• Dates: 1861-1865
  Notes: Sug. Vols.
  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: 240
• Dates: 1862
  Notes: Med. Purveyor
  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: 240
• Dates: 1864
  Notes: Served as Lieutenant Governor, State of Maryland, 1864
  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

Bibliography

• Cox, Christopher, Introductory lecture, delivered in the Philadelphia College of Medicine Philadelphia: Printed by J.H. Gibson.
• Cox, Christopher, Report of the committee on medical education Philadelphia: Collins, prs..
• Cox, Christopher, Poem read at the social reunion of the Yale Alumni Association, Washington, District of Columbia, February 22d, 1875…. [s.l.]: Gibson Brothers, printers.
• Cox, Christopher, Remarks of Hon. Christopher C. Cox [s.l.: s.n..
• Cox, Christopher, Address of Hon. Christopher C. Cox, Lieutenant Governor, delivered in the Senate Chamber, Annapolis, January 11th, 1865 Annapolis: Richard P. Bayly, printer.
• Cox, Christopher, Address of Hon. C.C. Cox, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, at the opening of the session of the General Assembly: January 2, 1867 Annapolis: Henry A. Lucas.
• Cox, Christopher, Oration on the life, character and services of Tristram Thomas, M.D., delivered in Easton, Maryland, on the 28th of August, 1847: At the request of the Medical faculty of Talbot County, Maryland Baltimore: Printed by J. Robinson.
• Cox, Christopher, Report on American medical necrology. Extracted from the Transactions of the American Medical Association Philadelphia: Collins.
• Cox, Christopher, Address … delivered in the Senate Chamber, Annapolis, January 10, 1866 Annapolis: Haverstick and Longneckers.
• Cox, Christopher, Female education: A poem delivered before the Frederick Female Seminary at its annual commencement, July 8th, 1858…. Frederick: Printed by Schley & Haller.