Birth: 1813
Death: 1852, Aug. 15
Occupation: doctor

Associated Counties

Baltimore City

US Census

Year	Occupation	County	Ward/District	Post Office	Page
1850	physician	Baltimore City	10		107

Directories

Date	Name	Occupation	Address	City
1840-1841	Power	doctor	office: corner Liberty and Saratoga Sts.	Baltimore City
1845	W. Power	physicians	corner Saratoga and Liberty st.	Baltimore City
1842	William Power	doctor	corner Liberty and Saratoga sts	Baltimore City

Additional Information

Dates: 1813-1852
Notes: Born at Baltimore, 1813. A.B., Yale College, 1832; later, A.M.; pupil of Dr. John Buckler; M.D., University of Maryland, 1835; studied at Paris, under Louis, 1835-40; Resi-dent Physician, Almshouse, 1840; Attending Physician, Almshouse, 1841-42 and 1844-45; Lecturer on Physical Diagnosis, University of Maryland, 1841-42; in bad health, 1843; Lecturer on Practice, University of Maryland, 1845-46; Professor of Practice, 1846-52. Died at Baltimore, August 15, 1852. He was the first to teach clearly auscultation and percussion at Baltimore.
Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 538
Dates: 1841
Notes: Prof. N. R. Smith resumes the Chair of Surgery at the University. — Instruction given there in auscultation and percussion for the first time by Dr. Wm. Power.
Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 697
Dates: 1845
Notes: Dr. Wm. Power, Professor of Practice at 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: 38
Dates: 1845
Notes: Smallpox epidemic in the city, 110 deaths. Dr. William Power assumes charge of the Chair of Practice at the University in the absence of Professor Bartlett.
Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 699
Dates: 1845-52
Notes: Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Lecturer 1845-46
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: 1845-7
Notes: Served as Attending Physician, Baltimore City and County Alms House, 1845-7
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: 250
Dates: 1851
Notes: Dr. Wm. Power ob aet 39
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: 39