University of Maryland School of Medicine - Terrae Mariae Medicus (Baltimore, MD)

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,ilu illllvmnriam R. THOMAS OPIE was born in jefferson County, Va., on February 15th, 1840, and died October 6th, 1914, in the City of Washington. ' 'tr' Dr. Opie's early education was received at the Uni- versity of Virginia. From there he went to the University of Pennsylvania and graduated as Doctor of Medicine in 1861. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he cast his lot with the Con- federate States and entered active service as a private soldier. In this capacity, he served until 1862 when he was appointed to the medical department, where he continued to serve until the close of the war in 1865. He then came to Baltimore, and in 1872, the time was ripe for the successful launching of a new medical college, and in August of that year the original Faculty of the College of Physicians and Surgeons was announced, with Thomas Opie, M.D., Dean and Professor of Obstetrics. To this institution Dr. Opie devoted his best energies, which resulted in ai most delightful success. In 1873 Dean Opie established the Maryland Lying-in Asylum, the first institution of its kind south of the Mason- Dixon Line, to which was devoted entirely the teaching of obstetrical art. In 1878 we find the Dean and his colleagues busily en- gaged in the acquisition of the property of the Washington University. In 1886 Dr. A. F. Erich, then Professor of Gynecology, died suddenly and Dr. Opie was transferred to this department, which chair he filled up to the time of his resignation. In 1888 the Sisters of Mercy erected a new ho-spital with a capacity of one hundred and Fifty beds.. As the work of the hospital progressed, Dr. Opie found it necessary to improve the college facilities and in 1899 the new college building was erected. In 1905, failing health and increasing years caused him to resign as dean and also from the chair of gynecology. That Dr. Opie was a most efficient dean is attested by the fact that he continued to hold this office unchallenged during the period of thirty-three years, during which time the college enjoyed uninterrupted prosperity and continuously advanced in honor and dignity. Dr. Opie was well known and liked by everyone, who will continue to hold him in grateful remem- brances for his many acts of kindness both within and without his sphere of official duties. It may also be said that he was tender and true to man- kind, never shrinking from the side of a distressed patient nor withholding a helping hand: and now that he has passed into the realm of eternal happiness, we rest assured that his many pupils and friends will always delight in honoring his name. BOARD OF EDITORS. 21

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