American Medical Biographies/Atkinson, Isaac Edmundson
Atkinson, Isaac Edmundson (1846–1907)
Isaac Edmundson Atkinson was born in Baltimore, January 23, 1846, and took his M. D. from the University of Maryland in 1865, when he was only nineteen.
Dr. Atkinson was a remarkable clinician and a brilliant lecturer, and while he did not devote special attention to dermatology his writings on this subject were authoritative because of his vast experience and intelligent judgment.
In 1881 he had charge of a clinic for internal medicine at the Hospital of the University of Maryland; from 1886 to 1900, was professor of materia medica; from 1890 to 1895, dean of the medical department of the University of Maryland.
He was vice-president and later president of the Medico-Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland.
He was one of the founders of the American Dermatological Association and its president in 1888.
He died in Baltimore, November 24, 1907.