Faculty, medical

Photograph of Stephen Smith, MD (1823-1922), standing in the Palm Room of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, Michigan. Dr. Smith served as Professor of Anatomy (1867-1872) and Professor of Principles and Practice of Surgery (1861-1866) at Bellevue Hospital Medical College. He also served as Professor of Clinical Surgery (1874-1894), Professor of Orthopedic Surgery (1874-1882), and Emeritus Professor (1894-1896) at University Medical College.

A well-known surgeon and public health officer, he undertook a survey of New York City Health conditions in 1865 on behalf of the Council on Hygiene and Public Health. The Report of the Council, referred to as the Magna Carta of municipal sanitation in the United States, resulted in a law passed in 1866 which established the Health Department. Dr. Smith was a founder of and the first president of the American Public Health Association.

Illustrated portrait of Lewis Albert Sayre, MD (1820-1900), with signature. Dr. Sayre served as Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1861 to 1897 and as Emeritus Professor from 1897 to 1898.

Photographic reproduction of a signed portrait of Lewis Albert Sayre, MD (1820-1900). Dr. Sayre served as Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1861 to 1897 and as Emeritus Professor from 1897 to 1898.

Photographic portrait of Alexander Brown Mott, MD (1826-1889), in military uniform. Dr. Mott taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1861 to 1889, first as Professor of Anatomy (1861-1871) and then as Professor of Surgery (1871-1889).

Carte de visite portrait of Frank Hastings Hamilton, MD (1813-1886), leaning against a chair. Dr. Hamilton taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Military Surgery, Fractures and Dislocations from 1861 to 1875, and as Professor of Principles of Surgery from 1866 to 1875.

Carte de visite portrait of George Thomson Elliot, MD (1827-1871). Dr. Elliot received his MD from University Medical College in 1849. He taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children from 1861 to 1869 and Professor of Obstetrics, Diseases of Women and Children and Clinical Midwifery from 1869 to 1871.

Signed photogravure portrait of Benjamin Fordyce Barker, MD (1818-1891). Dr. Barker taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1861 to 1890 as Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children (1861-1869), Professor of Clinical Midwifery (1869-1870), and Professor of Clinical Midwifery and Diseases of Women (1870-1890).

Signed engraving of a portrait of John Revere, MD (1787-1847). The caption reads “Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physics in Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia.” Dr. Revere taught at University Medical College from 1841 to 1847 as Professor of Theory & Practice of Medicine.

Illustration of Granville Sharp Pattison, MD (1791-1851). Dr. Pattison taught at University Medical College as Professor of Anatomy from 1841 to 1851.

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.