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A NY Channel 5 cameraman films an operation (not in view) from above. A doctor, nurses, and additional television crew members are in view.

One of a series of photos from an open-heart surgery performed during a live telecast broadcast by NY Channel 5 on May 6, 1958. The three-year-old patient, Mabel Chin, was operated on by Jere Lord, Jr., MD, at University Hospital. Dr. Lord narrated the surgery as it took place. The telecast was cosponsored by the New York Heart Association to familiarize the public with the safety and benefits of heart surgery.

Dr. Jere W. Lord, Jr. (1910-1999), taught at New York University Medical School as Professor of Clinical Surgery and served as the president of the New York Heart Association.

Portrait of William Smith Tillett, MD (1892-1974). Dr. Tillett taught at New York University School of Medicine from 1938 until his retirement in 1958, after which he became Professor Emeritus. He chaired the Department of Medicine from 1938 to 1958.

Group portrait of the class of 1924 from the Margaret Fahnestock Training School for Nurses.

A view of the facade of the Margaret Fahnestock Training School for Nurses, printed on page 25 in the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1900.

Group portrait of the nurses of the Margaret Fahnestock Training School prior to their departure for France during World War I. They served with the Post-Graduate Hospital Unit. Photograph printed on page 16 in the 33rd Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1916-1917.

A view of the nurses' dining room at the Margaret Fahnestock Training School for Nurses. This image appears on page 105 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1903.

Interior of the Estelle R. Little Room at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. A plaque with the name of the room is visible above the bed on the left. This image appears on page 73 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1900.

Three young girls on the roof garden of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital Orthopedic Ward. The girls are using crutches. The photograph was published with the caption “Three Little Cripples (Orthopedic Ward)” on page 57 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1900.

Franz Torek, MD, and Nurse Hughes in the treatment room of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital Orthopedic Ward with a patient. The patient is being fitted for an “extension apparatus.” This photograph was published on page 88 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1904.

Dr. Franz Torek (1861-1938) served as surgeon and adjunct professor of surgery at the New York Post Graduate Hospital from 1890 to 1915.

Children and nurses in front of a Christmas tree on the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital Orthopedic Ward. This photograph was published with the caption “Christmas in the Orthopedic Ward” on page 65 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1906.