Interior views

Overhead view of an open-heart surgery. 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 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.

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.

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.

Photograph of stained-glass window in the Orthopedic Ward of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. The window is inscribed with the caption, “Token of the love Sarah Gibbs Thompson bears to these little children. Christmas 1899.” The caption beneath the photograph reads, “Mrs. Thompson’s Window in the Orthopedic Ward.”

Physicians taking a skin graft using Thiersch's method, ca. 1889. The man with the razor is Theodore Dunham, assisted by Franz Torek (surgeon to the Babies Ward). Information below from Registration Record: This photograph appears in the journal "The Post Graduate" (303), with the caption "Taking the Grafts." The notation on the back states that it is Thiersch's method of taking the grafts and the surgeon with the Razor is Theodore Dunham assisted by Franz Torek, surgeon to the Babies'Ward.

James P. Fisk, MD (left, with beard), performs surgery on a child in the Babies Ward operating room of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, circa 1897. He is assisted by two nurses and two male doctors.

Four young boys sitting in the solarium on the roof of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital.