Dr. Thomas E. Bond

In 1808, the college’s first seven students experience the loss of two faculty members due to ill health. Both Dr. Donaldson, professor of the institutes of medicine, and Dr. Bond, professor of materia medica, withdraw from their positions at the medical school. The original seven students also say goodbye to Dr. Shaw who succumbs in January 1809 before the close of the session. Because Dr. Potter does not expect to begin teaching until December 1808, the only lectures completed during the first session are those which had begun on December 18th, prior to the founding of the College.

In 1928, Theodore M. Davis, class of 1914, in collaboration with an electrical engineer, invents the electomagnetic switch, permitting the use of the cutting current and coagulating current through one electrode. The invention establishes Davis as the father of the modern approach to transurethral surgery and prostatic resections. His contributions to urology merit consideration of a Nobel prize in 1965.

Theodore M. Davis, '14

Francis J. Borges, '50

In 1953, the first cardiac rehabilitation program is established in Maryland by Francis J. Borges, class of 1950. Others throughout the country are influenced by the model Borges creates. His special interest in cardiac diseases and renal disorders—as they effect a patient’s functioning ability—heavily influence him in his work. Borges is made a full professor and director of the medical outpatient clinic at Maryland’s hospital in 1972.