Founded: Incorporated 1862
Location: Baltimore, MD

Additional Information

• Dates: 1862
  Notes: Watson’s Children’s Aid Society incorporated (endowed by H. Watson, 1872).
  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: 42

Location: Baltimore, MD

Additional Information

• Dates: 1877
  Notes: The Bayview Hospital, at Baltimore, is a magnificent establishment, erected by the city. We have been unable to obtain any information in regard to this institution, the Washington University Hospital, or the Maryland Eye and Ear Institute of Baltimore.
  Source: Butler, Samuel, The Medical Register and Directory of the United States…. Philadelphia: Office of the Medical Examiner and Surgical Reporter: 315

Founded: 1801
Closed: 1832
Location: Baltimore, MD

Additional Information

• Dates: 1801
  Notes: Dr. James Smith establishes a Vaccine Institute at his residence (March 25); this institution, one of the objects of which was to provide vaccine virus gratuitously to the poor, was maintained by Dr. Smith at his own expense until 1832. The services of this physician in promoting the introduction and spread of this great boon and in repeatedly arresting epidemics of smallpox, entitle him to the eternal gratitude of this community.
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 674
• Dates: 1809
  Notes: Legislature grants lottery in aid of Dr. James Smith’s Vaccine Institute, but nothing ever realized from it.
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 677
• Dates: 1810
  Notes: Vaccine Society in aid of Institute organized by Bishop Carroll, Rev. Dr. Bend, William Gwynn, Esq., Dr. James Smith and others.
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 677

Location: Chase and Eden Streets, Baltimore, MD

Founded: 1852 (Laws 1852, ch. 231). Opens Apr. 2, 1861
Location: Townsend Street and Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, MD

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Home of the Friendless. Message of Frank Brown, Governor of Maryland, to the General Assembly at its Regular Session, January, 1894 (Baltimore: Wm. J.C. Dullany Company, 1894). Maryland State Archives

Additional Information

• Dates: 1854
  Notes: Home of Friendless holds its first Annual Meeting.
  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: 40
• Dates: 1859
  Notes: The object of this Association is to provide a “Home” for friendless or destitute girls, either orphans, half-orphans, or abandoned by their parents, where they may be received and provided for, until permanent homes in Christian families can be secured for them, by adoption or otherwise.
  See: Constitution and By-Laws of the Home for the Friendless….
• Dates: 1859
  Notes: Friendless and destitute children, either orphans or uncared for by their parents, shall be received into the “Home,” for daily care and instruction, comfortably clothed and provided with dinner — children shall also be received as inmates of the “Home,” until permanent homes in Christian families can be secured for them by adoption or otherwise — as soon as admitted their cases shall be laid before the Board of Managers, who shall decided upon their retention or exclusion.
  See: Constitution and By-Laws of the Home for the Friendless….
• Dates: 1859
  Notes: The children shall be instructed in the rudiments of an English education; they shall be taught needlework, general housework and cooking. At the age of sixteen, or after having served three years in the Institution, they shall be entitled to a certificate of character and acquirements.
  See: Constitution and By-Laws of the Home for the Friendless….
• Dates: 1859
  Notes: Parents or guardians may place children in the institution, either to remain there until they are eighteen, or to be provided with a suitable and Christian home, at the discretion of the Mangers, who shall be responsible for their welfare and happiness until the age stated above. In either case, the parents or friends shall sign a written agreement, not to interfere with or trouble the Managers or the family with whom they may be placed, nor claim the child until she arrives at the age of eighteen. This rule shall not be departed from, except in cases of extreme destitution, when temporary relief may be afforded.
  See: Constitution and By-Laws of the Home for the Friendless….
• Dates: 1859
  Notes: The Matron, being the head of the house, shall see that such children as are permanent inmates of the “Home,” be kept neat and tidy in their personal appearance, that they retire and rise, and have their meals at a specified hour, that they are industrious during working hours, and impress upon them the necessity of listening attentively to the tuition and advice that may be given to them. She shall also require from all the children unquestioning obedience, and see that the order and decorum of a well regulated Christian family be strictly observed.
  See: Constitution and By-Laws of the Home for the Friendless….
• Dates: 1859
  Notes: A stated correspondence shall be held with all persons to whom the children may be given or apprenticed. The Managers of the Institution shall act as the guardians of such children as may be committed to their care, not only while under their direct supervision, but also in case of the death of foster parents, or the unfaithfulness of those who may have them in charge.
  See: Constitution and By-Laws of the Home for the Friendless…
• Dates: 1861/04/02
  Notes: Home of Friendless opened Apr.2.
  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: 42
• Dates: 1872
  Notes: The Child’s Hospital, so long a hope deferred, has resulted in efficient organization; thus opening out another avenue of benevolence from the Institution. Like all similar enterprises it must be at first of slow growth; bit it has already received the blessing of suffering childhood, whose homes of poverty could not afford them sunshine or pure air, far less medical skill and nursing.
  See: Eighteenth Annual Report of the Home of the Friendless, 1872.
• Dates: 1872
  Notes: We would here make our acknowledgments to uor able corps of consulting and attending physicians for their faithful and tender ministrations to the children of the Insitution and the Hospital. In a household of 140 children, of whome 85 are under 9 years of age, our bill of mortality is so light, as to give assurance — in addition to the faithfulness of our physicians and nurses — of an unseen ministry of Angels.
  See: Eighteenth Annual Report of the Home of the Friendless, 1872.
• Dates: 1872
  Notes: The Hospital Wards are cheerful and well ventilated; comfortably furnished and provided with skillful nurses. Children between the ages of two and twelve years are received and nursed free of charge, or at such rates as may agree with the circumstances of their guardians.
  See: Eighteenth Annual Report of the Home of the Friendless, 1872.
• Dates: 1894
  Notes: THE HOME OF THE FRIENDLESS, is situated at the corner of Lafayette and Druid Hill avenues, Baltimore. It is a large brick building, which was erected at a cost of $62,000. It was organized in 1854.The chief aim of the founders of this institution was to respond to a need for providing a home for the friendless and homeless children, orphans, and half-orphans, or the offspring of vagrants. It has been managed since its organization by a board of ladies, who, by close attention and efficient management, have made the institution one of the most prominent charitable institutions in the State. From its opening to the present time there have been received 5,000 children, and homes have been secured for nearly one thousand of this number. The institution has a capacity of about 200 inmates. The present number of beneficiaries is 165. A kindergarten and other educational facilities are successfully conducted. The home knows no demonimational creed, being non-sectarian. Its principal source of revenue is derived from private contributions. For many years the State has appropriated different sums towards it maintenance, and the General Assembly of 1892 contributed the sum of $3,000 per annum.

  Source: Message of Frank Brown, Governor of Maryland, to the General Assembly at its Regular Session, January, 1894 Baltimore: Wm. J.C. Dullany Company: 72

Location: Corner of Eutaw and Conway Streets, Baltimore, MD

Founded: Founded 1799.
Location: Remington Ave. and 31st St. (1887), Baltimore, MD

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Marine Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. Private collection.	U.S. Marine Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. Personnel- Hospital Staff. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A010393. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division
U.S. Marine Hospital, General View. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A010389. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division	U.S. Marine Hospital, General View. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A010391. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division
U.S. Marine Hospital, Entrance to Building. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A010390. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division	U.S. Marine Hospital, Architect’s Drawing. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A026883. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division
U.S. Marine Hospital, Personnel: Hospital Staff. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A010392. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division	U.S. Marine Hospital, Personnel: Nurses. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A010394. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division

• See: Marine Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. Private collection.
• See: [Two nurses on the steps to the U.S. Marine Hospital in Baltimore]. Images from the History of Medicine Collection, Order No. A018394. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division

Additional Information

• Dates: 1901
  Notes: (1799) A bureau of the Treasury Department. Hospital on Remington Ave. Object.–To care for ill American sailors. Only those who have served as sailors on an American registered vessel for at least 60 days prior to application are strictly eligible, but any bona fide sailor taken sick or injured in the line of duty will receive attention. Admission.–Apply at surgeon’s office, Custom House, Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 12 m., other week days 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; C&P telephone, St. Paul 1457; in emergency cases at other times, apply to Hospital. Ambulance in attendance. Supported by the Government.
  Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: : 42
• Dates: 1901
  Notes: The following hospitals have ambulances for the conveyance of sick persons to the hospital named in the title:The City Hospital, Calvert and Saratoga Sts.
  Johns Hopkins Hospital, Broadway and McElderry St.
  The Maryland General Hospital, Linden Ave. and Madison St.
  The Maryland University Hospital, Greene and Lombard Sts.
  St. Joseph’s Hospital, Caroline and Hoffman Sts.
  The Health Department, City Hall Annex, has a ambulance to convey cases of contagious disease to the Quarantine Hospital.
  The Supervisors of City Charities have contracted with the following hospitals for the conveyance of city patients: Maryland General, Maryland University, City Hospital, St. Joseph’s, and Homeopathic.
  United States Marine Hospital Service has an ambulance which conveys sick sailors to the hospital.Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: : 46
• Dates: 1901
  Notes: UNITED STATES MARINE HOSPITAL, Remington Ave. C&P telephone, Madison 268. The Maryland Hospital of United States Marine Hospital Service. Object.– For sick or injured sailors of American registered vessels, who have served for at least 60 days prior to application. Admission. — Apply at surgeon’s office, at Custom House, Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 m., other week days, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; in emergency cases, at other times, apply to Hospital Ambulance in attendance.A bureau of the Treasury Department, organized in 1799 to encourage shipment of American sailors, supported by the government. In Baltimore had wards in St. Joseph’s Hospital until the new special hospital was opened.
  Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: : 49

Founded: 1854
Location: 1514 Division Street, Baltimore, MD

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Union Protestant Infirmary. Private collection.

Additional Information

• Dates: 1854
  Notes: Protestant Union Infirmary opened.
  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: 40
• Dates: 1901
  Notes: (1854), 1516 Division St. Telephone, C&P, Madison 242. Object.–A hospital, generally for those not incurable. Admission.–Free to those unable to pay; apply to resident physician or member of staff. Management.–Board of women managers. Income derived from subscriptions, pay of patients, and from investments. Rooms, $12 a week up. Wards, free or $7 a week for those who can pay. There are 20 beds for children
  Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: : 57-58
• Dates: 1920
  Notes: Amounts appropriated for state-aided institutions, from the Maryland Manual, 1921-1922.

Founded: Opened 1866
Location: Baltimore, MD

Additional Information

• Dates: 1866/02/26
  Notes: Union Orphan Asylum opened
  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: 43

Founded: Chartered 1868. Asylum organized 1866
Location: Monument St. and Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD

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Hebrew Hospital. Maryland State Archives

Hebrew Hospital and Asylum. Message of Frank Brown, Governor of Maryland, to the General Assembly at its Regular Session, January, 1894 (Baltimore: Wm. J.C. Dullany Company, 1894). Maryland State Archives

Additional Information

• Dates: var. dates
  Notes: The Hebrew Hospital owes its existence to the Hebrew Benevolent Society, which, in March, 1863, appointed a committee to report a plan for the establishment of a hospital. The corner-stone was laid on the 25th of June, 1866, but the “Hebrew Hospital and Asylum Association” was not chartered until Jan. 13, 1868, and in May of that year the building, corner of Ann and Monument Streets, was completed, at a cost of sixty-three thousand dollars, and opened for the reception of patients. The object of the association is to “afford surgical and medical aid, comfort, and protection in sickness to the suffering and needy, and to provide an asylum for the infirm and destitute, and for all other purposes appertaining to hospitals, asylums, and dispensaries.” The average number of inmates is between twenty and twenty-five; the hospital will accommodate thirty-two patients. The income is derived from subscriptions, donations, bequests, etc. The officers are Joseph Friedenwald, president from the beginning until the present time; Vice-President, B.F. Ulman; Treasurer, A.S. Adler; Secretary, Ignatius Lauer. The Ladies’ Hebrew Hospital Association, which was formed in 1868, was dissolved on the 7th of Maryland, 1880. It had been largely instrumental in the construction and support of the hospital.
  Source: Scharf, J. Thomas, History of Baltimore City and County, Maryland : 747
• Dates: var. dates
  Notes:

  MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY
  
  ---------------------------
  RECORD
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  Corporate Author
  Hebrew Hospital and Asylum Association (Baltimore, Md.)
  
  Title Statement
  History of Hebrew Hospital and Asylum Association of Baltimore City,
  1868-1919 : the story of a half century of service and progress.
  
  Published
  [Baltimore, Md. : Hebrew Hospital and Asylum Association, 1919]?
  
  Description
  [32 p.] : ill. ; 20 cm.
  
  Title Statement
  History of Hebrew Hospital and Asylum Association of Baltimore City,
  1868-1919 : the story of a half century of service and progress.
  
  Source of Acq. Note
  Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland ; gift ; 2003
  
  Subject
  Jewish orphanages --Maryland.
  
  Subject
  Baltimore (Md.) --Charities --Societies, etc.
  
  Subject
  Jews --Maryland.
  Call Number
  PAM 6009
  

• Dates: 1866/02/26
  Notes: Hebrew Orphan Asylum organized
  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: 43
• Dates: 1868
  Notes: Description of the inaugural ceremonies for Hebrew Hospital and Asylum. See: “Local Matters” Sun May 25, 1868
• Dates: 1894
  Notes:THE HEBREW HOSPITAL AND ASYLUM ASSOCIATION OF BALTIMORE CITY.This association was organized in 1865, and is situated on the corner of Monument and Ann streets, Baltimore. The total cost of the property was $115,000. It is a large, substantial building, with first-class accommodations for the aged sick. This institution does not discriminate as to nationality or creed, but provides alike for the Jew and Gentile. The equipment of the building is admirable and facilities complete. The Board of Managers is very active and efficient. And it is very fortunate for the inmates that they have so comfortable a home. Provision has been made since the organization of the institution for 780 persons. The capacity of the building is seventy-six. It has had a daily average of twenty persons for twenty years or more. It is principally assisted by contributions from charitable Hebrews of Baltimore, and receives small contributions from the city of Baltimore, and an annual appropriation of $2,500 was made by the State of Maryland at the session of 1892.Source: , Message of Frank Brown, Governor of Maryland, to the General Assembly at its Regular Session, January, 1894 Baltimore: Wm. J.C. Dullany Company: 80
• Dates: 1901
  Notes: (1868), Monument and Ann Sts. Object.–Surgical and medical service and care to needy sick persons and a permanent home for the infirm and destitute. Non-sectarian. Admission.– Apply to physician in charge for a certificate to the directors. Free to residents of Maryland, who are unable to pay board. Management. — Under the Hebrew Hospital and Asylum Association. (1900) 286 patients received, inmates of Home 34. Income. — (Of the Association) $22,892.29; disbursements, $22,424.49. Income derived from subscriptions, interest on endowment and State appropriation (1901), $2500.
  Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: : 55-56
• Dates: 1920
  Notes: Amounts appropriated for state-aided institutions, from the Maryland Manual, 1921-1922.
• Dates: 1928
  Notes: See also: “Baltimore in Pictures” Baltimore News Feb. 16, 1928

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