Photographs

A television cameraman records a briefing given by two men. They may be the cardiologists Edmund H. Reppert and A. Wilbur Duryee (not confirmed).

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.

A blurred image of a nurse reaching down to a child in a toy car. The photograph appears to have been taken in one of the wards of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital.

Nurses on the roof garden of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital with some patients from the Babies Ward.

Eight nurses standing on the roof garden of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, each nurse holding two babies, with several other children seated or in carriages. This photograph was published with the caption “The Babies’ Wards Roof Garden” on page 67 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1907.

Two nurses at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital shown with 17 babies on a bed. This photograph was published with the caption “Lining up of Babies’ Wards Patients” on page 25 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1907. The photograph was also used by the Department of Public Relations in the 1967-1968 NYU Handbook.

Three nurses with several young patients, one in a baby carriage, on the roof garden of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. This photograph was published with the caption “The Children’s Hour on the Roof Garden” on page 89 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1901.

Two nurses attend a group of children seated at a table on the roof garden of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. This photograph was published with the caption “Taking Lunch on the Roof Garden” on page 17 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1903.

A doctor and nurse at New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, treating a very young child who is a post-operative mastoid patient.

Portrait of Daniel Bennett Roosa, MD (1838-1908). Dr. Roosa received his MD from University Medical College in 1860. He taught at University Medical College as a Lecturer on Diseases of the Eye and Ear (1863-1874) and Professor of Ophthalmology (1874-1882).

Signed portrait of Daniel Bennett Roosa, MD (1838-1908). Dr. Roosa received his MD from University Medical College in 1860. He taught at University Medical College as a Lecturer on Diseases of the Eye and Ear (1863-1874) and Professor of Ophthalmology (1874-1882).