Birth: 1771
Death: 1848
Occupation: doctor

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• Baltimore City

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• Dates:
  Notes: Born in 1771. A.M., Dickinson College, 1792; was practicing at York, Pa., 1804; Attending Physician, Baltimore General Dispensary, 1810-11; M.D. (Honorary), University of Maryland, 1818; Professor of Institutes of Medicine, University of Maryland, 1814-33; Dean, University of Maryland, 1820, 1825-27; Physician to St. Andrew’s Society, 1826; Secretary, Bible Society, 1827; President, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, 1836-41. Died at Baltimore, 1847.
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 496
• Dates: 1771-1848
  Notes: Buried in Westminster Cemetery, 519 W. Fayette St., Baltimore, MD. See
  http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdcbalti/Westminister.htm
  
  Source:
• Dates: 1813-1815
  Notes: Board of Managers, Baltimore General Dispensary
  Source: Baxley, C. Herbert, ed., A History of the Baltimore General Dispensary Baltimore: Baltimore General Dispensary Foundation, Inc.: 107
• Dates: 1813-1815
  Notes: Secretary, Baltimore General Dispensary
  Source: Baxley, C. Herbert, ed., A History of the Baltimore General Dispensary Baltimore: Baltimore General Dispensary Foundation, Inc.: 104
• Dates: 1814, Aug. 28
  Notes: “Dr. Max McDowell elected to Chair of Institutes of Medicine, in Medical College, vice Dr. John Owen, who declines
  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: 1814-33
  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: 1817, Jan. 16
  Notes: “Legislature grant Lottery Scheme of $100,000 to Drs. Davidge, Potter, Baker, Gibson, McDowell and DeButts, and others, for the benefit of the 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: 28
• Dates: 1817/01/16
  Notes: Legislature grants lottery scheme of $100,000 to Drs. Davidge, Potter, Baker, Gibson, McDowell and DeButts for benefit of the University (January 16).
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 683
• Dates: 1817/02
  Notes: Medical Society of Maryland incorporated, Dr. N. Potter, President, and other charter members Drs. E. DeButts, Samuel Baker, Tobias Watkins, Ezra Gillingham, John B. Caldwell, James Middleton, Maxwell McDowell, R.W. Hall and Thomas Hall (February); first meeting held November 1.
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 683
• Dates: 1818
  Notes: Description of the Medical College of Maryland.
  Source: Niles’ Weekly Register (Baltimore), 1818
• Dates: 1820, 1825-27
  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: 1823/03/08
  Notes: “Board of Trustees of Maryland Unversity (Medical Department) meet and organize, and reappoint Drs. Davidge, Potter, DeButts, Hall, Baker, and McDowell, who accept their positions, and they also Dr. John Buckler as Adjunct Professor of Anatomy.”
  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: 1832
  Notes: The Medico-Chirurgical Society of Baltimore, through its Committee of Honor, S. Baker, M. McDowell and Thos. H. Wright, frames a code of ethics, which is among the first in the United States.
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 692
• Dates: 1836
  Notes: Meeting of Medical and Chirurgical Faculty at Baltimore; Dr. Maxwell McDowell elected President.
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 694
• 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
• Dates: 1848
  Notes: Dr. Max. McDowell ob aet 77.
  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

Bibliography

• University of Maryland. Medical Department, [Address to the students of the university on the subject of private classes by professors]/University of Maryland, Medical Faculty Baltimore: [The University?].