Birth: 1799
Death: 1878, Oct. 9
Occupation: doctor

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• Dates: 1799-1878
  Notes: Born in Newberry District, S.C., 1799. Educated at Abbeville Academy; licensed to practice, 1820; attended lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, 1821-22; M.D., Medical College of South Carolina, 1825; Demonstrator of Anatomy, Medical College of South Carolina, 1825-28; at Paris and London, 1826-27; lectured on Anatomy and Surgery, 1828-31; Clinical Lecturer, Charleston Almshouse; Professor of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Maryland, 1831-37; Orator, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, 1834; returned to Charleston, 1837; Professor of Pathological Anatomy and Medical Jurisprudence, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, 1837-41; Professor of Surgery or Practice, 1841-61; Surgeon, C.S.A., 1861-65; Professor of Surgery, 1865-71; Emeritus Professor, 1871-78; he was the editor of the Baltimore Medical Journal, 1833-35; and of North American Archives of Medical and Surgical Science, 1835-37; a contributor to the American Encyclopaedia of Practical Medicine and Surgery, edited by I. Hays, of Philadelphia. He was an able and learned teacher and forcible writer. Died at Charleston, October 9, 1878.
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 406
• Dates: 1831/03
  Notes: “Dr. J.T. Ducatel elected to chair of Chemistry; Benj. Lincoln, Lecturer on Anatomy, and Eli Giddings, Professor of Anatomy, 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: 35
• Dates: 1831-37
  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: 1832-34, 1836-37
  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: 1833
  Notes: The Baltimore Medical and Surgical Journal and Review begun by Prof. Eli Geddings; title changed in 1834 to North American Archives of Medical and Surgical Science. Suspended 1835.
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 693