Still Image

Illustration of Martyn Paine, MD (1794-1877). Dr. Paine served as Professor of Theory & Practice of Medicine at University Medical College from 1841 to 1867.

Illustrated portrait of Valentine Mott, MD (1785-1865). The caption reads, “Valentine Mott M.D., Professor of Surgery in the University of New York. Drawn by H. Inman, Engraved by AB Durand.” Dr. Mott served as Professor of Principles, Practice & Operations of Surgery at University Medical College from 1841 to 1850.

Signed portrait of John William Draper, MD (1811-1882). Dr. Draper taught at University Medical College as a Professor of Chemistry from 1838 to 1865 and a Professor of Physiology from 1850 to 1867.

Signed engraving of a photographic portrait of Gunning Samuel Bedford, MD (1806-1870). Dr. Bedford taught at University Medical College as Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women from 1841 to 1864.

Signed carte de visite portrait of John C. Draper, MD (1835-1885). Dr. Draper received his MD from University Medical College in 1857. He taught at University Medical College as Professor of Chemistry from 1865 to 1885.

An illustration of the Stuyvesant Institute, the first home of the NYU School of Medicine (1841-1851), located at 659 Broadway. In 1851 the school moved to a larger building on 14th Street between Third Avenue and Irving Place. This building burned down and temporary accommodations were used until the school moved to 26th Street, opposite Bellevue Hospital.

A child lying in bed with a doll in the Babies Ward of New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. At the head of the bed, a sign reads “Endowed by Marie Heye Clemens, 1894.”

A little girl sitting up in bed in the Babies Ward of New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. At the head of the bed, a sign reads “Endowed by Marie Heye Clemens, 1894.”

Photograph of doctors and nurses attending a patient during surgery while observed by students in the Bellevue Hospital Operating Room Amphitheater, circa 1880s.

An exterior view of Wards 38 & 39 of Bellevue Hospital, taken prior to 1931.