Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith), 1825-1896

Dr. Joseph Meredith Toner, 1825-1896; practicing physician of Washington, D.C.; president of American Medical Association and American Public Health Association; medical historian; active in literary, research, and historical societies in the District of Columbia; collector of a large library.

From the description of Letter to Dr. Joseph M. Toner from Sister Mary Ambrose, Dec. 31, 1878. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 650087752

Physician, author, and collector.

From the description of Papers of Joseph M. Toner, 1741-1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122384997

Joseph M. Toner was a Washington D.C. medical doctor, book collector, and medical historian.

From the description of Joseph Meredith Toner Collection, newspaper clippings, 1816-1895 (bulk 1833-1895). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 62409212

Biographical Note

• 1825, Apr. 30: Born, Pittsburgh, Pa.
• 1850: M.D., Vermont Medical College, Woodstock, Vt.
• 1850 - 1855 : Medical practice, Summit and Pittsburgh, Pa., and Harper's Ferry, Va.
• 1853: M.D., Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa.
• 1855 - 1869 : Practiced medicine, Washington, D.C.
• 1862 - 1896 : Member, Medical Society of the District of Columbia
• 1864 - 1896 : Member, American Medical Association
• 1868: Toner's resolution urging the American Medical Association to form its own library was adopted
• 1873: Elected president of American Medical Association
• 1874 - 1896 : Member, Washington Literary Society, Washington, D.C.
• 1874: Elected president of American Public Health Association
• 1876: Served as one of the vice presidents of the Centennial International Medical Congress, Philadelphia, Pa.
• 1882: Presented to the Library of Congress more than 28,000 books, 12,000 pamphlets and periodicals, and a large collection of manuscripts and transcripts which he continued to augment until his death in 1896
• 1886 - 1887 : President, Medical Association of the District of Columbia
• 1887: Registrar and vice-president, Ninth International Medical Congress, Washington, D.C.
• 1894: Elected president of the District of Columbia Historical Society
• 1896, July 30: Died, Cresson Springs, Pa.; interred at Derry, Pa.

From the guide to the Joseph Meredith Toner Collection of Manuscripts, 1741-1896, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)