Birth: 1767
Death: 1847
Occupation: doctor, chemist, druggist
Associated Counties
- Baltimore City
Directories
| Date | Name | Occupation | Address | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1814-1815 | Henry Wilkins | chymist & druggist | 136 Baltimore; dwelling, Light Street | Baltimore City |
| 1819 | Henry Wilkins | doctor | 24 Light | Baltimore City |
| 1800-1801 | Henry Wilkins | druggist and chemist | 6 South Street; dwelling: Pratt Street | Baltimore City |
| 1807 | Henry Wilkins | druggist | 135 Baltimore Street | Baltimore City |
| 1802 | Henry Wilkens | druggist & chymist | 73 Baltimore Street | Baltimore City |
| 1796 | Henry Wilkins | physician & druggist | 23 South Street | Baltimore City |
| 1810 | Henry Wilkens | druggist | 136 Baltimore Street; dwelling: Light Street | Baltimore City |
| 1817-1818 | Henry Wilkins | doctor | 24 Light St. | Baltimore City |
| 1804 | Henry Wilkins | M.D. | Light Street | Baltimore City |
| 1804 | Henry Wilkins | druggist | 6 South Street | Baltimore City |
| 1803 | Henry Wilkins | druggist | 6 South St. | Baltimore City |
| 1808 | Henry Wilkins | druggist | 136 Baltimore Street | Baltimore City |
| 1808 | Wilkins | doctor | 26 Light Street | Baltimore City |
Additional Information
- Dates: 1767-1847
Notes: Born at Annapolis, Md., 1767; son of Joseph Wilkins. M.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1793; Lecturer on Botany, University of Maryland, 1813-18; Treasurer, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, 1803-07; Trustee, University of Maryland, 1826-39; Surgeon-Major, Thirty-ninth Regiment of Maryland Militia, 1810; author of “The Family Advisor,” first edition, 1793; second edition, 12mo, Philadelphia, 1795; fourth edition, 16mo, New York, 1804; author of “Methodical Nosology” (translated from Cullen), 8vo, Philadelphia, 1793. Died in Baltimore County, Md., 1847.
Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 622 - Dates: 1773-?
Notes: BIOGRAPHY
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: 178-179 - Dates: 1793
Notes: “Dr. Henry Wilkens enters on practice.”
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: 18 - Dates: 1793
Notes: Drs. Henry Wilkins and Thomas Drysdale begin practice.
Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 666 - Dates: 1794, Oct. 23
Notes: “Drs. Goodwin, Johnson, Wilkins, Haslet and others certify to the good health of the city.”
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: 19 - Dates: 1794/10/23
Notes: Drs. Goodwin, Johnson, Wilkins, Hazlett and others certify the good health of the city (October 23).
Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 668 - Dates: 1798
Notes: Dr. Henry Wilkins establishes a drug store at No. 6 South Street.
Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 670 - Dates: 1798, Nov.
Notes: “Dr. Henry Wilkins establishes a drug store No. 6 South street.”
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: 21 - Dates: 1798-1803
Notes: 1798, p. 65; 1799-1800, p. 437; 1801-1803, p. 383
Source: Baltimore City Archives. A Name Index to the Baltimore City Tax Records, 1798-1808. Baltimore: Baltimore City Archives, 1981. See Ancestry.Com - Dates: 1803, Jun. 3
Notes: “Medical and Chirurgical Faculty meet. Nat. Potter, Secretary; H. Wilkins, Treasurer; Censors Western Shore, Drs. Coulter, Crawford, Alexander, Archer, Sen., Geo. Brown, Chas. A. Warfield and James Stewart. Drs. Brown, Davidge et al. are appointed a committee to digest a plan for a Medical College.”
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: 24 - Dates: 1814, Jan. 26
Notes: “Beneficial Society for the prevention of Hydrophobia organized by Drs. H. Wilkens, James Smith, Wm. Donaldson, Baker, Page and DeButts.”
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: 27 - Dates: 1814/01/26
Notes: Beneficial Society for prevention of hydrophobia founded by Drs. Henry Wilkins, James Smith, William Donaldson, Samuel Baker, James Page and Elisha DeButts (January 26).
Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 680 - Dates: 1847
Notes: Deaths: Drs. A. Pue, at Baltimore, aet. 71; Charles Maguire, at Baltimore; Maxwell McDowell, at Baltimore, aet. 76; Henry Wilkens, in Baltimore County, aet. 80; A. L. Warner, at Richmond, Va., May 5; John Revere, at New York, May 7, aet. 60; Tristram Thomas, at Easton, August 5, aet. 77; R. W. Hall, at Baltimore, September 14, aet. 62
Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 700
Bibliography
- Henry Wilkins, Primitive physic: or, an easy and natural method of curing most diseases : Daniel Hitt and Thomas Ware, for the Methodist connexion in the United States.
- Wilkins, Henry and John Wesley, The family adviser: or A plain and modern practice of physic: calculated for the use of families who have not the advantages of a physician, and accommodated to the diseases of America New York: Published by J. Soule and T. Mason for the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States.
Medicine in Maryland, 1752-1920 