DR. JOHN BOYD - MARYLAND
In 1767 DR. JOHN BOYD establishes
a drug store at Baltimore Town, the
second here (May). 1774
Dr. John Boyd on [Committee of Observation] for
Baltimore County and Town.
1775 Dr. Moses Allen, member of Committee of
Observation of Talbot County,
and Drs. Samuel Owings and John Boyd on
same Committee for Baltimore
County. 1776 Dr. John Boyd and others
authorized by Congress to
sign bills of credit. 1776 Drs. Wiesenthal,
Boyd and Cradock issue a call
on the ladies of Baltimore for lint and
linen for bandages for the
troops (March 12). 1779 Drs. Wiesenthal,
Hazlett, Boyd, Thomas Andrews,
Coale, Ridgeley, William Beard, and
Labesius, agree upon a fee
table in accord with the high prices of the
necessaries of life, the poor
to be attended gratis. 1788 A medical
society organized, President,
Dr. Wiesenthal; Secretary, Mr. Frederick
Dalcho; Drs. Boyd, Goodwin,
Brown, Guilder and others members (December
16). 1789 The
Medical Society reorganized, with Dr. Edward Johnson
President; Andrew Wiesenthal,
Secretary, Treasurer and Librarian; John
Boyd, R. Guilder, George Buchanan
and George Brown, Court of
Correspondence (November 6
"Griffith's Annals"). 1790 Deaths: Drs. John
Boyd, February 4, aet. 53;
Jos. Harrison
Source: Eugene F. Cordell,
Medical Annals of Maryland Baltimore: Medical
and Chirurgical Faculty of
the State of Maryland, 1903, pages 655-660,
664 & 666.