Proceedings of the general meeting of the medical profession in relation to the deaths of Charles Frick, M.D. and Berwick B. Smith, M.D : held Thursday, March 29th, 1860.

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1860
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Credit: Proceedings of the general meeting of the medical profession in relation to the deaths of Charles Frick, M.D. and Berwick B. Smith, M.D : held Thursday, March 29th, 1860. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    wards of the Baltimore City and County Alms House afforded the desired advantages, he procured his nomination and election as one of the resident students in that Institu- tion, and entered upon his duties soon after the attainment of his degree. Under the guidance of most excellent attending physicians he made solid and rapid progress in the task he had assigned himself, enjoyed much reputation for faithful and accurate observation and for comprehensive analysis, gained all hearts by his sterling integrity and gentle demeanor; and left the Alms House in 1846, after a little more than a year's residence, followed by the regrets and best wishes of all its inmates. Being resolved to devote himself entirely to the profes- sion of his choice, Dr. Frick soon associated himself with three of his cotemporaries for the purpose of affording united professional assistance to the poorer classes; and after a brief interval he became one of the four instructors who inaugurated an establishment for private medical teaching, under the title of Maryland Medical Institute. It was in this little institution that his aptitude for imparting information forced itself on the attention of his colleagues and pupils; and at the same time his genial manner so won upon those by whom he was surrounded, that he attached them to him by ties of respectful and most affectionate regard. Upon the closure of the doors of this preparatory school, Dr. Frick applied himself with renewed energy to the practice of his profession; and receiving soon after- wards, in 1849, the appointment of Physician to the Mary- land Penitentiary, he found ample occasion for the exercise of his skill and for the application of his extensive know- ledge. During the long term of his service as medical officer of this penal establishment, he gave constant proof of his rare ability, contributed largelv towards rendering