Faculty, Medical

A formal portrait of one of the two groups of House Staff that worked at Bellevue Hospital in 1890.

Bellevue House staff, 1896. Back row (l to r) - E.P. Kilroe, 3rd Surgical Division, H.L. Hibbard, 4th Surgical, R. M. C. Taft, 1st Surgical, A.B. Kellog, 1st Surgical; front row (l to r) - A. H. Brown, 4th Medical, E. Robbins, 3rd Medical, Samuel A. Brown, 2nd Medical, G. A. Humphries, 1st Medical.

Head and shoulders, three-quarter view of Robert O. Doremus.

Carte de visite portrait of James Rushmore Wood, MD (1816-1882) in formal dress. Dr. Wood served as Professor of Operative Surgery and Surgical Pathology at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1861 to 1868 and as Professor Emeritus from 1868 to 1882.

A cabinet card showing the head and shoulders only of Austin Flint II.

Half body shot of Austin Flint with head turned three-quarter.

Head and shoulders, oval print, portrait of Austin Flint. The print is board backed with the signature of Austin Flint on the bottom.

Head and shoulders shot of Austin Flint II, Professor at Bellevue Hospital Medical College.

Carte-de-visite, head and shoulders shot of Austin Flint.

Cabinet card of Stephen Smith, MD (1823-1922). 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.