Doctors, accompanied by nurses, visiting with a patient on rounds at Bellevue Hospital, 1891.

A nurse working at a desk in Ward 12 of Bellevue Hospital.

Doctors and nurses attending female patients in Ward 20 at Bellevue Hospital.

Doctors and nurses attending patients in the Women’s Ward at Bellevue Hospital, circa 1870-1880.

Female patients and children resting in their beds in the Bellevue Hospital Marquand Pavilion, circa 1890. Nurses and two men who may be doctors are present. A caption beneath the image reads, “Marquand Pavilion for Women and Children, Bellevue Hospital.”

Male patients resting in their beds in the Bellevue Hospital Sturgis Pavilion. Nurses and two men who may be doctors are present. A caption beneath the image reads, “Sturgis Pavilion was built in 1879. It was the gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Osborn.”