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

Portrait of William Blackman, M.D.

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