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Blackman, William Waldo, M.D., 1856-1943: Home

Portrait of William Waldo Blackman, M.D., 1856-1943

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In Memoriam, from The Chironian, vol.5 no.4, January 1944, pp. 11-12.

Brief Biographical Sketch

Birth: May 25, 1856
Death: 1943 (October 4 according to The Chironian, October 20 according to the Waterville Times)

NYMC History:

Member, Board of Trustees, New York Homeopathic Medical College, 1905–1943
Vice President, New York Homeopathic Medical College, 1932
President, New York Homeopathic Medical College, 1920
President, New York Homeopathic Medical College Alumni Association, 1904-1905
Professor, New York Homeopathic Medical College, 1890
Demonstrator and Assistant of Anatomy, New York Homeopathic Medical College, 1883
Graduate, New York Homeopathic Medical College, 1877

Additional Information:

Anatomy Lab at Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospital was named the William Waldo Blackman Laboartory of Anatomy, 1939
His death was attributed to anemia caused by X-ray burns 29 years earlier, which also were blamed for amputation of his left hand.
Dr Blackman created anatomical drawings and paintings which he used in teaching.

Selected Biographical Articles

Obituary
The Waterville Times, Waterville, NY, November 4, 1943
Who's Who in New York City and State
Issue 3, L.R. Hamersly Company, 1907
William Waldo Blackman
History of homeopathy and its institutions in America, Volume 4

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