New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital - Skin Graft

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Physicians taking a skin graft using Thiersch's method, ca. 1889. The man with the razor is Theodore Dunham, assisted by Franz Torek (surgeon to the Babies Ward). Information below from Registration Record: This photograph appears in the journal "The Post Graduate" (303), with the caption "Taking the Grafts." The notation on the back states that it is Thiersch's method of taking the grafts and the surgeon with the Razor is Theodore Dunham assisted by Franz Torek, surgeon to the Babies'Ward.

New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital

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A view of the hospital and school building. Some cars are visible on the street. Information below from Registration Record: Photograph of the NY Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital looking at Second Avenue and 20th Street and the Roosa Building (purchased in 1894), to the left is the James F. McKernon Building at Second Avenue and 21st Street (purchased in 1924), and to the right is the Hewitt Building, 20th Street toward First Avenue (purchased 1912).