Patients waiting in the Dispensary Office. This image was used in the 20th Annual Report (1904, p.48) of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, with the caption "Office of the Dispensary."
Male patients are seen resting in their beds. There are a couple of nurses present, and two men who may be doctors. This is not an original photograph, but rather an old, somewhat faded copy.
Female patients and children are seen in their beds. Several nurses are present, and a couple of men who may be doctors. The time is sometime in the 1890's.
Interior photograph of unidentified Ward of Bellevue Hospital (c. 1880's). Patients are seen reclining on beds with light coming in through window in the background.
The scene is of an "old time blood transfusion" at Bellevue Hospital in the 1870's. There are several nurses and doctors in attendance, and the man giving blood is seated upright in a chair. This image is not an original from the 19th century. It is a modern print of an original that is either lost or no longer exists.