New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital - Skin Graft

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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.

New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital - The Babies' Wards Roof Garden

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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.

New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital - Zaidee Ward, Babies' Ward

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A nurse observes several children in the Zaidee Ward of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. Two of the children are African American. This photograph was published with the caption “The Zaidee Ward (Babies' Wards)” on page 81 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1905.