“M “is for Moultrie, James, Jr. (1793-1869)

“M “is for Moultrie, James, Jr. (1793-1869). Physician, medical educator. Born in Charleston, Moultrie graduated from South Carolina College and did his medical studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He devoted the rest of his life to medical practice, medical education, organized medicine, and the community. Moultrie was president of the Medical Society of South Carolina and entered the national medical scene in 1818 to work with representative of other states on developing a pharmacopeia. In 1847 he represented South Carolina at the organizing meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) and was elected vice president. He became president of the AMA at a meeting in Charleston in 1850. James Moultrie, Jr., played a role in the establishment of the Medical College of South Carolina and was the most prominent South Carolinian in the medical profession in the nineteenth century.