University Medical College (New York)

Medical Alumni volume of the General Alumni Catalogue of New York University, 1842 to 1907

Photograph of Stephen Smith, MD (1823-1922) standing in the Palm Room of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, Michigan. Dr. Smith served as Professor of Anatomy (1867-1872) and Professor of Principles and Practice of Surgery (1861-1866) at Bellevue Hospital Medical College. He also served as Professor of Clinical Surgery (1874-1894), Professor of Orthopedic Surgery (1874-1882), and Emeritus Professor (1894-1896) at University Medical College.

A well-known surgeon and public health officer, he undertook a survey of New York City Health conditions in 1865 on behalf of the Council on Hygiene and Public Health. The Report of the Council, referred to as the Magna Carta of municipal sanitation in the United States, resulted in a law passed in 1866 which established the Health Department. Dr. Smith was a founder of and the first president of the American Public Health Association.

This engraving of a portrait of John Revere carries the caption "Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physics in Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia."<p> Dimensions are image only.

Illustration of Granville Sharp Pattison, M.D. (1791-Nov. 12, 1851)

Illustration of Martyn Paine, M.D, 1794-1877.

Illustration of V. Mott. Caption(s) at bottom states "Valentine Mott M.D., Professor of Surgery in the University of New York. Drawn by H. Inman, Engraved by AB Durand."

A head-and-shoulders portrait of John W. Draper, 1811-1882. This is a photograph of an engraving that was printed in a book.

Image of Bedford seated, shown from the waist up. A page taken from a book, this is not a photograph. It is an engraving of a photograph by "Brady".

A carte-de-visite image of Professor John C. Draper, 1835-1885.

Carte de visite portrait of Alexander Brown Mott, MD (1826-1889). Dr. Mott taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1861 to 1889, first as Professor of Anatomy (1861-1871) and then as Professor of Surgery (1871-1889).