Category Archives: Surnames-W

Joseph C. Wunder

June 2, 2018 By in Surnames-W

Birth: 1865, Oct. 18
Death: ?
Occupation: doctor

Associated Counties

  • Baltimore City

Additional Information

  • Dates: 1865-?
    Notes: Born at Baltimore, October 18, 1865. M.D., University of Maryland, 1889; Chief of Surgical Clinic, Woman’s Medical College; Vaccine Physician, three terms. 1075 West Fayette Street, Baltimore.
    Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 634

 

Andrew Wiesenthal

June 2, 2018 By in Surnames-W

Birth: 1762 ca.
Death: 1798, Dec. 2
Occupation: doctor

Associated Counties

  • Baltimore City

Directories

Date Name Occupation Address City
1796 Andrew Weisenhall doctor 40 N Gay Street Baltimore City

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James Wynkoop

June 2, 2018 By in Surnames-W

Birth: ?
Death: ?
Occupation: doctor

Associated Counties

  • Baltimore City

Additional Information

 

John Campbell White

June 2, 2018 By in Surnames-W

Birth: ?
Death: ?
Occupation: doctor

Associated Counties

  • Baltimore City

Directories

Date Name Occupation Address City
1814-1815 John C. White doctor corner East & Holliday Streets Baltimore City
1816 John C. White doctor corner of East and Holliday Streets Baltimore City
1819 John C. White doctor corner of East & Holliday Baltimore City
1800-1801 John C. White doctor 2 South Street Baltimore City
1840-1841 John White doctor dwelling: NW corner Holliday and Fayette Sts. Baltimore City
1802 J.C. White doctor 22 South Street Baltimore City
1804 John C. White M.D. East Street Baltimore City
1803 J. White M.D. South 22 St. Baltimore City
1842 White doctor NW corner Fayette and Holliday sts. Baltimore City
1845 J. White physicians corner Holliday and Fayette St. Baltimore City
1833 J.C. White doctor dwelling: NW corner Fayette & Holliday Sts. Baltimore City
1831 J.C. White doctor dwelling: NW corner Fayette & Holliday Sts. Baltimore City
1827 John C. White M.D. NW corner Fayette and Holiday Baltimore City
1853-1854 John Campbell White doctor corner Fayette & Holliday Sts. Baltimore City

Additional Information

  • Dates: ?-?
    Notes: Born at Belfast, Ireland; son of Rev. Robert White, a Presbyterian minister. Emigrated to Baltimore in 1798, owing to the political troubles the previous year; educated at Middlesex Hospital, London; said to have founded the Hibernian Society of Baltimore, 1803; Consulting Physician, Baltimore Hospital, 1812; Trustee, Baltimore College, 1830 (Q.). See lists of 1807 and 1848; marked dead in the later.
    Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 618
  • Dates: 1800-1808
    Notes: Assessment Book 1800, p. 209; 1801-1803, p. 386; 1804-1808, p. 468
    Source:
  • Dates: 1802
    Notes: “Dr. John Campbell White arrived from Ireland.”
    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: 23
  • Dates: 1812
    Notes: Legislature granst $5000 annually for three years to Drs. Smyth and Mackenzie, for completion of Maryland Hospital. Board of Visitors report hospital in good order, central building nearly completed, and accommodations provided for 100 patients. Dr. William Gibson, Consulting Surgeon and Drs. George Brown, Miles Littlejohn, John Coulter, J.C. White, John Crawford, Solomon Birckhead, Pierre Chatard, John Cromwell and Ashton Alexander Consulting Physicians.
    Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 678
  • Dates: 1812, Jan. 4
    Notes: “Legislature orders payment of $5000 annually for three years, to Drs. Mackenzie and Smyth for completing the buildings of the Public Hospital, of which Dr. Wm. Gibson was consulting surgeon, and Drs. Brown (Geo.), Littlejohn, Coulter, White (J.C.), Crawford, Birckhead (Sol.), Chatard (P.), Cromwell, and Alexander were consulting physicians. The Hospital is in good order, its capacity is 100 patients, the centre building nearly done (Report of Board of Visitors).”
    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: 26

 

Peregrine Wroth

June 2, 2018 By in Surnames-W

Birth: 1786, Apr. 7
Death: 1879, Jun. 13
Occupation: doctor

Associated Counties

  • Baltimore City

Directories

Date Name Occupation Address City
1877 Peregrine Wroth doctor 18 Patterson Ave. Baltimore City
1867-1868 Peregrine Wroth doctor 445 N Fremont Baltimore City

Additional Information

  • Dates:
    Notes: 

    MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY

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RECORD
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Author
Wroth, Peregrine, 1786-1879.

Title Statement
Memoirs, 1862.

Description
1 vol.

Title Statement
Memoirs, 1862.

Restriction Note
Unrestricted.

Summary, Etc. Note
Summary:  Memoirs of 13 Kent Co. physicians, including James M. Anderson,
Jr., James Bordley, Morgan Browne, Jacob Fisher, William F. Harper, Henry
Page, John Reese, Edward Scott, Charles Tilden, William B. Tilden, Thomas
Wilson, Edward Worrell. A note in front of volume says the memoirs "were
prepared by me at the request of Dr. G. M. C. Roberts of Baltimore, who,
at the time had in contemplation a work on the physicians who were members
of the medical and chirurgical faculty of MD....." The memoirs are dated
1862.

Terms of Use
Information on literary right available in repository.

Source of Acq. Note
Gift; Mrs. Etheline Page Wickes; Nov. 1930.

Biog./Historical Note
Medical Doctor, Chester Town, Kent Co., MD.

Call Number
MS 926

Location
Special Collections Reading Room

    Source:

  • Dates: 1786-1879
    Notes: Born in Kent County, Md., April 7, 1786. Graduated at Washington College, Chestertown; student of Dr. Edward Worrell, 1803-04, and of Dr. M. Brown, 1804-07; attended medical lectures at the University of Pennsylvania; M.D., (Honorary), University of Maryland, 1841; began practice at Chestertown, 1807, as partner of Dr. Brown; removed to Baltimore in 1868; Professor of Chemistry, Washington College, Chestertown, 1846-54; later, President of the Board of Visitors; a Founder of the American Medical Association and the College of Pharmacy, Baltimore; Vice-President, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, 1848-51, 1853-54, and 1856-57; signs a diploma as President, 1849-50. Died at Baltimore, June 13, 1879.
    Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 633
  • Dates: 1807
    Notes: WROTH, Dr. Peregrine, of Chestertown, and Miss Martha page of Kent Co., were married last Thurs. (Baltimore Federal Gazette, 2 Sep. 1807).
    Source: Barnes, Robert, Marriages and Deaths from Baltimore Newspapers 1796-1816 Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 360
  • Dates: 1833?
    Notes: Board of Visitors, Washington Medical College
    Source: Abrahams, Harold J., Extinct Medical Schools of Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society: 22
  • Dates: 1841
    Notes: Honorary MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine
    Maryland
    Source: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Catalogue of the Alumni of the School of Medicine Baltimore: Printed by Sherwood & Co.: 20
  • Dates: 1879
    Notes: Died, Baltimore City, June 13, 1879, age 94, physician and native of Kent County
    Source: Arps, Walter E., Jr., Maryland Mortalities 1876-1915 from the (Baltimore) Sun Almanac Westminster: Family Line Publications: 252

 

Edward Warren

June 2, 2018 By in Surnames-W

Birth: 1828
Death: 1893, Sep. 16
Occupation: doctor

Associated Counties

  • Baltimore City

Directories

Date Name Occupation Address City
1868-1869 Edward Warren doctor 58 Saratoga Baltimore City
1867-1868 Edward Warren doctor 100 Park Baltimore City

Additional Information

  • Dates: 1828-1893
    Notes: Born in Tyrrell County, N.C., 1828. Educated at the University of Virginia; M.D., University of Virginia, 1850; M.D., Jefferson, 1851; began practice at Edenton, N.C.; at Paris, 1854-55; Fiske Fund Prize Essayist, Rhode Island, 1856; Editor, Medical Journal of North Carolina; Professor of Materia Medica, University of Maryland, 1860-61; Editor, Baltimore Journal of Medicine, 1861 (bimonthly, three numbers); Surgeon-General of North Carolina and Medical Inspector of the Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A., 1861-65; reorganized Washington University Medical School, Baltimore, 1867, and Professor of Surgery, 1867-71; Editor, Medical Bulletin, 1868-70; Vice-President, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, 1871-72; a Founder of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, 1872, and Professor of Surgery there, 1872-73; Surgeon in Chief, Egyptian Army, 1873-75; settled at Paris, 1875; LL.D., University of North Carolina; Chevalier, Legion of Honor, France; Knight, Order of Isabella; claimed the discovery of hypodermic medication, 1850-51; invented a splint for the treatment of fracture of the clavicle, 1872; author, “Practical Surgery,” 12mo, Richmond, 1863; “A Doctor’s Experience in Three Continents,” 8vo, Baltimore, 1885. Died at Paris, September 16, 1893.
    Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 610
  • Dates: 1856/02/07
    Notes: Dr. Edward Warren publishes a Prize Essay on Pregnancy and Phthisis
    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: 41
  • Dates: 1860
    Notes: Dr. Edward Warren, Professor of Materia Medica at University of Maryland.
    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: 1860-61
    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: 1861
    Notes: In a vacant building across from City Hall a hospital was established with the following physicians:

    Dr. Edward Warren Surgeon
    Dr. Horace A. Brooks Chief Surgeon
    Dr. H.C. Nelson Surgeon
    Dr. John N. Coohan Surgeon
    Dr. A.S. Erick Surgeon
    Dr. Davis Thompson Surgeon
    Dr. C.C. Lee Surgeon
    Dr. J.C. McKenzie Surgeon
    Dr. T.G. McKenzie Surgeon
    Dr. Wilson Surgeon’s Staff
    Dr. Yellot Surgeon’s Staff
    Dr. Church Surgeon’s Staff

    Source: South (Baltimore), 1861

  • Dates: 1867
    Notes: Washington Medical University reorganized. Faculty, Dr. Thos. E. Bond, Sr., President and Profess of Materia Medica; Edward Warren, of Surgery; H. L. Byrd, of Obstetrics; Jas. P. Logan, of Practice; J. W. Walls, of Anatomy; Pascal A. Quinan, of Physiology; H. St. Geo. Hopkins, Diseases of Women and Children; Jas. E. Claggett, Medical Chemistry and Pharmacy; J. n. Monmonier, Demonstrator of Anatomy, and A. H. Powell, Adjunct Surgery; C. M. Mofitt, Adjunct Practice; T. H. Wingfield, Adjunct Physiology. Lectures of Washington Medical University are held at northwest corner Calvert and Saratoga, and in 1871 at northwest corner of same streets (now City Hospital and College of Physicians and Surgeons).
    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: 43-44

 

George Walker

June 2, 2018 By in Surnames-W

Birth: ?
Death: 1743
Occupation: doctor

Associated Counties

  • Baltimore City

Additional Information

 

William S. Woodside

June 2, 2018 By in Surnames-W

Birth: ?
Death: ?
Occupation: doctor

Associated Counties

  • Baltimore City

Directories

Date Name Occupation Address City
1840-1841 William S. Woodside doctor Conway st. east of Sharp Baltimore City
1853-1854 William S. Woodside doctor 34 Conway St. Baltimore City

 

Thomas H. Wright

June 2, 2018 By in Surnames-W

Birth: ?
Death: 1856
Occupation: doctor

Associated Counties

  • Baltimore City

US Census

Year Occupation County Ward/District Post Office Page
1850 physician Baltimore City 13 337

Directories

Date Name Occupation Address City
1814-1815 Thomas H. Wright doctor 26 S. Charles Street Baltimore City
1816 Thomas H. Wright doctor 26 S. Charles Street Baltimore City
1819 Thomas H. Wright doctor 12 N. Liberty Baltimore City
1840-1841 Thomas Wright doctor 71 Fayette St west of Howard Baltimore City
1829 Thomas H. Wright M.D. Fayette east of Howard Baltimore City
1842 Thomas Wright doctor 71 w Fayette st. Baltimore City
1845 T.H. Wright physicians 71 Fayette St. Baltimore City
1833 T.H. Wright doctor Fayette St near Howard St south side Baltimore City
1831 T.H. Wright doctor Fayette st near Howard, south side Baltimore City
1831 T.H. Wright doctor Fayette St between Howard and Park Baltimore City
1827 Thomas H. Wright M.D. Fayette south side east of Howard Baltimore City
1849-1850 Thomas H. Wright doctor 114 W Fayette Baltimore City
1824 Thomas Wright M.D. Fayette, north side west of North Baltimore City
1835-1836 Thomas H. Wright doctor 71 Fayette St. Baltimore City
1822-1823 Thomas H. Wright M.D. Liberty, east side south of Saratoga Baltimore City
1837-1838 Thomas Wright doctor office and d w. Fayette st s of Howard Baltimore City
1853-1854 Thomas Wright doctor 114 Fayette St. Baltimore City

Additional Information

Bibliography

  • Wright, Thomas H., Letters critical and pathological, by Paetus [pseud.] remote descendant of Thrasea Paetus Baltimore: Published by Cushing & Jewett J. Robinson, printer. 55 p. 24 cm.
    Authorship attributed to Thomas H. Wright in J.R. Quinan’s Medical annuals of Baltimore. 1884.
    Four letters addressed to “Charles Caldwell, M.D.” criticisizing his “Preliminary discourse in defence of classical medicine” contained in the edition of William Cullen’s First lines of the practice of physic, published in Phildalphia in 1816, and edit by Caldwell.
  • Wright, Thomas H., A historical and physical sketch of a malignant epidemick, prevalent in Maryland, and some other states, within the last few years. With a brief notice of some opinions which have been published on its nature and treatment Baltimore: R.W. Pomeroy & Co.. 168 p. 23 cm.
    “Appendix” (a refutation of the theories of Benjamin Rush and others who advocated bloodletting)L p. [125]-168.

 

Caleb Williams

June 2, 2018 By in Surnames-W

Birth: ?
Death: ?
Occupation: doctor

Associated Counties

  • Baltimore City

Directories

Date Name Occupation Address City
1840-1841 Caleb Williams doctor 3 S Frederick St. Baltimore City