Founding of the American Medical Association, from "The History of Medicine" / Robert Thom
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- Accession Number
- UMHS.27
- Title
- Founding of the American Medical Association, from "The History of Medicine"
- Artist
- Robert Thom
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1915-1979
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1952
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Michigan (state)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Michigan (state)
- Dimensions
- 163.83 cm x 133.35 cm (64 1/2 in. x 52 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Physical Description
- Advancement of medical knowledge, improved medical education, launcing of a program of medical ethics, and furtherance of public service - these were aims of The American Medical Association, organized May 7, 1847, by 250 delegates seated among exhibit cases and before ancient bones of a mastadon, Mammut americanum, in the hall of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Chairman Jonathan Knight welcomed Dr. Nathaniel Chapman, first president (foreground) and officers as they launched what became the world's larger and greater medical bodies, now in its second century of service both to the public and to the profession.
- Identity of portraits in the picture "Founding of the American Medial Association" Officers and committeemen present at the time of organiaton of the AMA included (left to right):
- 1. Dr. A.H. Buchanan, Tennessee, a vice-president
- 2. Dr. Alexander H. Stevens, New York, a vice-president; second president of the AMA
- 3. Dr. J.R.W. Dunbar, Maryland, a secretary
- 4. Dr. Thomas Cock, New York, committeeman
- 5. Dr. John Watson, New York, chairman of the committee for organizing a permanent national organization
- 6. Dr. Jonathan Knight, Connecticut, temporary chairman of the organizational meeting; vice president of the new organization; and the AMA's seventh president
- 7. Dr. Nathan Smith Davis, New York, committeeman credited with having been the "father" of the AMA; sixteenth president of the AMA; and first editor of the AMA "Journal"
- 8. Dr. Nathaniel Chapman, Pennsylvania, first president of the AMA
- 9. Dr. J.R. Manley, New York, committeeman
- 10. Dr. Alfred Stillé, Pennsylvania, a secretary; twenty-third president of the AMA
- 11. Dr. Isaac Hays, Pennsylvania, treasurer
- 12. Dr. George B. Wood, Pennsylvania, ninth president of the AMA
- 13. Dr. James Moultrie, South Carolina, a vice-president; fifth president of the AMA
- Secondary Keywords
- disciplines
- health sciences
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in health and medicine
- people in science-related occupations
- science and related disciplines
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- UMHS.27
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"Founding of the American Medical Association, from "The History of Medicine"; Robert Thom." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-umhs.27/umhs.27.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 02, 2024.
