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Photograph of a bust of William Crawford Gorgas, MD (1854-1920). Dr. Gorgas received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1879. He was appointed to the US Army Medical Corps from 1880 to 1918, reaching the rank of Major General. Dr. Gorgas served as Chief Sanitary Officer in Havana, where, with Dr. Robert Ernest Noble, he worked to eradicate yellow fever and malaria. In 1904, Dr. Gorgas began his role as chief sanitary officer on the Panama Canal construction project.

Portrait of Edward Gamaliel Janeway, MD (1841-1911). Dr. Janeway served as Professor of Diseases of the Mind and Nervous System, Professor of Medicine, and Professor of Pathology and Practical Anatomy during his time at Bellevue Hospital Medical College and University & Bellevue Hospital Medical College (1881-1907). He served as the first dean of University & Bellevue Hospital Medical College when it merged in 1898. In 1878, Dr. Janeway hired the famous pathologist Dr. William Welch upon his return to the United States. From 1875 to 1881, Dr. Janeway served as the New York City Health Commissioner.

Cabinet card of Alfred Lebbeus Loomis, MD (1831-1895). Dr. Loomis taught at University Medical College as an Adjunct Professor of the Practice of Medicine (1864-1866) and Professor of Institutes and Practice of Medicine (1866-1895).

A view of the front entrance of the Carnegie Laboratory, around 1945. The Carnegie Laboratory, originally part of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, opened in 1884, and was the first lab devoted to pathology and bacteriology.

A close-up view of the front doors of the laboratory. The Carnegie Laboratory, originally part of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, opened in 1884, and was the first lab devoted to pathology and bacteriology.

A print of an engraving of the front entrance to the Carnegie Laboratory, originally part of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, opened in 1884. The Carnegie Laboratory was the first lab devoted to pathology and bacteriology.

An interior view of the Carnegie Lecture Hall at the NYU School of Medicine, looking down toward the lecturer's table from the balcony of the auditorium.

Cover of the second annual announcement and circular for Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1862-1863.

Cover of the first annual announcement and circular for Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1862-1863.

The House Staff of 1890, seated on the steps of the old Bellevue Administration Building.

According to Robert Carlisle's history of Bellevue, An Account of Bellevue Hospital, the House Staff of 1890 (two groups, each for six months) included Group I - Edwin K. Losee, Samuel Cummings, David H. McAlpin, Jr., James H. McIntosh, William N. MacArtney, Royal W. Pinney, William B. Arnold, Theodore Dunham; and Group II - Stewart Paton, Marcos M. Rodriguez, Austin Flint, Jr., W. Evelyn Porter, Herbert L. Constable, Walter C. Wood, George D. Stewart, and Morton R. Peck. There are more than 16 men in the photo, but their additional names and roles are unknown.