Historic Images

Photograph of Dr. Frank Couti [CoTui]. (5 copies of the same image) Office of Public Information

Photograph of Clarence E. de la Chapelle, M.D., Professor of Medicine.

Photograph of Dr. R. B. Carmichael, standing. Mounted on board, signed on back, "Dr. R. B. Carmichael, Washington, D.C."

Head and shoulders photograph.

Head and shoulders photograph of John Converse, M.D., Former Head of the Institute for Reconstructive & Plastic Surgery. With negative.

Portrait of Howard Fox, MD (1873-1954) inscribed “To Mr. Edgar S. Tilton, With Best Wishes of Howard Fox, M.D.” Dr. Fox taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1925 to 1938 as Professor of Dermatology and Syphilology, after which he held the position of Professor Emeritus from 1948 to 1954.

Head and shoulders photograph of Dr. William K. Ford. Very soft image.

Portrait of John Addison Fordyce, MD (1858-1925). Dr. Fordyce taught Bellevue Hospital Medical College as an Assistant to the Department of Venereal Diseases (1889-1890) and Assistant to Department of Genito-Urinary Diseases (1890-1893) before becoming Professor of Dermatology and Syphilology (1893-1913).

Image of Morris B. Bender, MD, from p. 56 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Bender taught in the New York University College of Medicine’s Department of Neurology as an Assistant in Neurology (1938-1940), Instructor in Neurology (1940-1942), Assistant Professor (1942-1945), Associate Professor (1946-1951), and Professor (1951-1966).

Head and shoulders photograph of Hermann Michael Biggs.

Herman M. Biggs (1859-1923) was born in Trumansburg, N.Y. Graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1883, and interned at Bellevue Hospital from 1883-1884. Received world-wide recognition for his contributions to public health. Established the New York City Board of Health Laboratory, introduced diphtheria antitoxin and programs in child health.