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Daniel Drake
New Jersey-born physician who became Cincinnati's leading medical figure. He organized the Medical College of Ohio (chartered 1819), edited early western medical journals, wrote the 1815 'Picture of Cincinnati', and died in the city; he is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery.
At a glance
- Born
- 1785-10-20
- Died
- 1852-11-05
- Education
- Apprenticeship with Dr. William Goforth, Cincinnati, OH, 1800-1805
- University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, PA, medical degree
- Known as
- Medicine, Public Health, Author
- Organizations
- Medical College of Ohio, Ohio State Medical Society
Life story
Daniel Drake was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1785. As a teenager he went west and studied medicine in Cincinnati under Dr. William Goforth from 1800 to 1805, then finished at the University of Pennsylvania.
He set up his medical practice in Cincinnati in 1807 and wrote about the town's land, climate and diseases. His 1815 book on Cincinnati became an early portrait of a Western river city.
In 1819 he helped organize the Medical College of Ohio, and later he edited The Western Journal of the Medical and Physical Sciences for two decades. In 1846 he helped found the Ohio State Medical Society.
His long work on the diseases of the Mississippi Valley appeared in 1850-54. He rejoined the Medical College faculty in 1852 and died in Cincinnati that November. He is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Timeline
- 1785-10-20: Born (Plainfield, NJ) source
- 1800: Begins medical study under William Goforth (Cincinnati, OH) source
- 1807: Opens medical practice (Cincinnati, OH) source
- 1815: Publishes Natural and Statistical View of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH) source
- 1819: Helps organize the Medical College of Ohio (Cincinnati, OH) source
- 1827: Founds The Western Medical and Physical Journal (Cincinnati, OH) source
- 1846: Co-founds the Ohio State Medical Society (Ohio) source
- 1850: Begins publishing his treatise on diseases of the interior valley (Cincinnati, OH) source
- 1852-11-05: Dies (Cincinnati, OH) source
What Daniel is known for
- Organized the Medical College of Ohio (chartered 1819)
- Founded Western Medical and Physical Journal (1827)
- Founding member of the Ohio State Medical Society (1846)
- Systematic Treatise on the Principal Diseases of the Interior Valley of North America (1850-54)
- Notices Concerning Cincinnati (1810)
- Natural and Statistical View, or Picture of Cincinnati (1815)
- Practical Essays on Medical Education (1832)
- Systematic Treatise on the Principal Diseases of the Interior Valley of North America (1850-54)
- Pioneer Life in Kentucky (1870, posthumous)
Honors and things named for them
- Daniel Drake Park, Cincinnati
- Daniel Drake Rehabilitation Center, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
- Elected to the American Antiquarian Society and American Philosophical Society (1818)
Family
- father: Isaac Drake
- mother: Elizabeth Shotwell
- brother: Benjamin Drake
- son: Charles Daniel Drake
Places in Ohio to see
- Spring Grove Cemetery (grave) (grave)
4521 Spring Grove Ave, Cincinnati, Hamilton County ZIP 45232 · Cincinnati · Hamilton County · official page
Ohio places
Where Daniel Drake was born, lived, worked and is remembered, with the ZIP code, town and county pages for each.
- Worked: Cincinnati, Hamilton County ZIP 45202 · Cincinnati · Hamilton County
- Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County (4521 Spring Grove Ave) ZIP 45232 · Hamilton County
Further reading
Sources
Confidence. Medium: the main facts were confirmed, but some details (often an address or ZIP code) were not.
- Daniel Drake (Wikipedia) born Plainfield NJ 1785-10-20; died Cincinnati 1852-11-05; buried Spring Grove; Medical College of Ohio 1819; journals; works