• Also known as: Medical College

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University of Maryland School of Medicine. . Maryland State Archives	University of Maryland School of Medicine. Maryland State Archives
Hospital building, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md.. American Memory Project, Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920, LC-D4-16524. Library of Congress	University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md. Private Collection.
University of Maryland School of Medicine. Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress	University of Maryland School of Medicine. Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress
University of Maryland – School of Medicine Davidge Hall, Greene Street and Lombard Street. Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, PP 30. Maryland Historical Society	University of Maryland, School of Medicine Administration Building, and Dentistry, Pharmacy and Hospital, Baltimore, Md.. Private Collection.
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md. School of Medicine in foreground. American Memory Project, Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920,LC-D4-16523. Library of Congress	University of Maryland School of Medicine. Images from the History of Medicine, Order No., A026793. National Library of Medicine
University of Maryland, School of Medicine Administration Building, and Dentistry Pharmacy and Hospital, Baltimore, Md.. Images of the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A026827. National Library of Medicine	See: University of Maryland ,Medical Building, Greene & Lombard Sts., BALTIMORE, Baltimore County, MD. 11 measured drawings, 2 b&w photos. Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record, Survey number HABS MD-304.. Library of Congress

Additional Notes

• • Dates: 1807, Dec. 18
    Notes: Medical College Bill passes Legislature (December 18).
    Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 676
  • Dates: 1808
    Notes: Legislature grants a lottery of $40,000 for the benefit of the Medical College, afterward increased to $1000,000.
    Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 676
  • Dates: 1808, Dec. 27
    Notes: Board of Regents of Medical College meets and organizes with Dr. George Brown as President, Solomon Birckhead as Treasurer, and James Cocke as Secretary. Dr. Davidge elected as Dean of the Faculty. Seven students this session (December 28).
    Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 676
  • Dates: 1810
    Notes: First public commencement of Medical College; 5 graduates.
    Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 677
  • Dates: 1812, May 4
    Notes: Class of five graduates at the Medical College; these are the first graduates whose names were published (May 4).
    Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 679
  • Dates: 1812, May 7
    Notes: Medical College building on Lombard Street begun (May 7).
    Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 679
  • Dates: 1812, Oct. 17
    Notes: Letter of James Cocke, John B. Davidge, and William Gibson relating to the College of Medicine, “to prepare a statement with regard to the condition and prospects of this institution, to the progress of the building for the accommodation of the class, to the courses of lectures to be delivered here next winter, &c.”
    Source: Niles’ Weekly Register (Baltimore), 1812/10/17, p. 111-112
  • Dates: 1812, Dec. 29
    Notes: Act founding University of Maryland passed by Legislature (December 29).
    Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 679
  • Dates: 1813, Jan. 6
    Notes: University of Maryland organized (January 6).
    Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 679
  • Dates: 1813, Apr. 22
    Notes: The building on Lombard Street partlyoccupied during this session (April 22).
    Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 679
  • Dates: 1813, Oct. 2
    Notes: Report of the committee of faculty of physick of the University of Maryland appointed to “examine into and report the present state of the Institution.”
    Source: Niles’ Weekly Register (Baltimore), 1813/10/02, p. 88
  • Dates: 1813, Nov.
    Notes: The Faculty of the University of Maryland purchases Dr. Crawford’s medical library from his widow (November).
    Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 680
  • Dates: 1815, Jun. 5
    Notes: Meeting of Medical and Chirurgical Faculty; Dr. Ennalls Martin elected President, Dr. John Arnest, Secretary; Dr. Richard Wilmot Hall delivers oration in Anatomical Hall of the University on “The Law of Organization” (June 5).
    Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 681
  • Dates: 1817, Jan. 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: 1818
    Notes: Description of the Medical College of Maryland.
    Source: Niles’ Weekly Register (Baltimore), 1818, p. 27-30
  • Dates: 1818
    Notes: Announcement of University of Maryland
    Source: Federal Republican and Baltimore Telegraph (Baltimore), 1818
  • Dates: 1821
    Notes: Notice mentioning reputation of school and two hundred students attending lectures.
    Source: Niles’ Weekly Register (Baltimore), 1821
  • Dates: 1822
    Notes: Fifty four graduates at last commencement.
    Source: Niles’ Weekly Register (Baltimore), 1822, p. 112
  • Dates: 1837
    Notes: University of Maryland.—Situation at the corner of Greene and Lombard streets. The building is formed on a classic model; the portico, is supported by eight Doric columns. It has a dome surmounting a rotunda, 60 feet in diameter. This institution has four faculties, viz. Divinity, Law, Physic, and the Arts and Sciences. To this University is attached the Baltimore College, and Baltimore Infirmary, which see. The University of Maryland was incorporated A. D. 1812.
    Source: Matchett’s Baltimore Directory for 1837 Baltimore: : 21
  • Dates: 1848, Oct. 31
    Notes: University of Maryland. — The introductory lectures in this old and established institution commenced on Monday evening, the opening lecture being delivered by Professor Smith. The several professors will follow, each delivering a lecture until all have presented their introductory. We understand that the prospects for a large class this session are highly flattering.
    Source: Sun (Baltimore) 31 Oct. 1848
  • Dates: 1910
    Notes: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. Organized 1807. Essentially an independent institution with a University charter, though nominally the medical department of St. John’s College (Annapolis).
    Entrance requirement: Less than a high school education.
    Attendance: 316
    Teaching staff: 61, of whom 24 are professors, 37 of other grade.
    Resources available for maintenance: Fees, amounting to $44,530 (estimated), out of which dividends are paid to the faculty and a large mortgage debt carried.
    Laboratory facilities: Good undergraduate laboratories adequate to routine teaching are provided in two poorly kept buildings for the following subjects: chemistry, physiology, including physiological chemistry and histology, pathology and bacteriology. Anatomy is poor. There is a small museum. In a separate building is a large and interesting library, but it is open only two hours each day.
    Clinical facilities: The school controls its own hospital, opposite the laboratory building, about 140 beds being available for teaching. The hospital records are well kept, senior students who pay for the privilege serving as clinical assistants. A separate maternity ward furnishes obstetrical work in abundance.
    The dispensary is large, properly equipped, and well kept.
    Date of visit: March 1909.
    Source: Flexner, Abraham, Medical Education in the United States and Canada: A Report to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching New York: The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: 236
  • Dates: 1962
    Notes: Historic American Buildings Survey, University of Maryland,Medical Building, Greene & Lombard Sts., HABS MD-304
  • Dates: 1996-1997
    Notes: Diana S. Waite, “An architectural study blurs the picture of who designed Davidge Hall” Bulletin Winter 1996-97, Volume 81, No. 3
  • Dates: 1997
    Notes: “Davidge Hall — Among America’s Elite Landmarks” Bulletin Fall 1997, Volume 82, No. 2
  • Dates: var. dates
    Notes: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND HISTORY OF THE CAMPUS

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