A portrait of Dr. William Waldo Blackman, currently on display.
Dr. William Waldo Blackman (1856-1943) worked for the New York Medical College as faculty and as a board member for many years. He contributed to the instruction of anatomy and the practice of homeopathy as supplemental medicine.
A portrait of Dr. William Waldo Blackman is on display in the boardroom of Sunshine Cottage.
Birth: May 25, 1856, Bridgewater, New York
Death: October 20, 1943, Brooklyn, New York
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Dr. William Waldo Blackman (1856-1943) graduated from the New York Medical College in 1877 and went on to contribute to the college in many different roles and ways. Specifically, his work and contributions to the anatomy department were notable.
Dr. Blackman began working for the college in 1883, initially as a demonstrator and assistant in the anatomy department. In 1890, he began working as a professor of anatomy. Dr. Blackman was known to be very artistic, and he translated this skill into his teaching. He created many anatomical images, both drawings and paintings, which he used as tools to teach medical students. Dr. Blackwell continued creating these diagrams until 1939, four years before his death. His contributions were respected enough that the Anatomy Lab at the Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospital was named the William Waldo Blackman Anatomy Lab in 1939.
Dr. Blackman began working for the college in a capacity other than faculty in 1904. He was the president of the Alumni Association from 1904 to 1905. Later, he joined the board of trustees and was a member from 1905 to 1943. He also served as President of the New York Homeopathic Medical College beginning in 1920. In 1932, he assumed the role of Vice President of the college.
Dr. Blackwell was a supporter of homeopathic practices, and he held strong opinions on professional medical practice. In his work, he supported the use of drugs in the smallest effective doses. He held the presidency for the Homeopathic Medical Society of the State of New York in 1929, but also supported medical practices. In fact, he explicitly advocated against new doctors engaging in a specialized field of medicine, stating that general practice was the most important field in medicine.
His death on October 20, 1943 was attributed to complications from early x-ray burns that occurred years prior.
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