Bellevue Hospital - Operating Room Amphitheater

Identifier

nyumed:190

Collection

Historic Images

Linked Agent

Creator (cre): Bellevue Hospital

Resource Type

Still Image

Genre

Interior views

Description

Interior photograph of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College operating room amphitheater, circa 1880s. A cadaver is laid out on the operating table. Doctors wearing suits pose for an audience of spectators.

Physical Form

Sepia print

Extent

5" x 7"

Subject

Ampitheaters
Operating rooms
Physicians
Surgery -- Education

Geographic Subject

United States of America
New York City

Note

BW photo scanned in color. This image is very similar to 012 .C .c .42 (perhaps taken within the same hour, same day). There is no original only a print of original.

Rights

Reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship, and research uses only, in accordance with the Copyright law (Title 17, United States Code). Reproductions are the sole and exclusive property of the NYU Medical Archives and may not be reproduced in any fashion or used for any purpose other than private scholarship without the express written consent of the NYU Medical Archives.